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A review by catlady496
The Complete Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino
4.0
Calvino is one of my favorite authors. His style is descriptive, yet vague, and this book shows off his versatility in all types of writing within a confined space. His prose is some of my favorite. He’s a master of listing and colons spawn every few sentences.
This book is not for everyone, of course. I think only people who enjoy long winded, convoluted, and theoretical discussion of literature and science in a story will like this. Every story is different, and the timelines of the main character don’t match up. Time moves in an arbitrary manner. Calvino dares the reader to throw any belief out the window and take a whimsical voyage with him.
My favorite thing about Calvino is that his writing is collaborative. He always put forth that while he wrote the story, he wanted the reader involved in the creation. His vague points allow an entrance for the reader into the text.
I guess my only gripe is sometimes I’m not always able to throw off all my sense of the world. And that can throw me out of the story. In one story we can go from dinosaurs talking in one line to that dinosaur stepping onto a train car.
This book is not for everyone, of course. I think only people who enjoy long winded, convoluted, and theoretical discussion of literature and science in a story will like this. Every story is different, and the timelines of the main character don’t match up. Time moves in an arbitrary manner. Calvino dares the reader to throw any belief out the window and take a whimsical voyage with him.
My favorite thing about Calvino is that his writing is collaborative. He always put forth that while he wrote the story, he wanted the reader involved in the creation. His vague points allow an entrance for the reader into the text.
I guess my only gripe is sometimes I’m not always able to throw off all my sense of the world. And that can throw me out of the story. In one story we can go from dinosaurs talking in one line to that dinosaur stepping onto a train car.