Impressions This week’s choice of book, as you could probably tell by the title, The Hour of the Star. The beginning of the book felt like I was reading more so of a diary than a book because of the style it was written in. I would describe it as being similar to when […]
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‘If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller’ by Italo Calvino is by far the most uniquely written book I have ever read. Although I cannot say I thoroughly enjoyed it as I found that the author’s tangents, as well as inserting himself into the short stories, caused me to get a headache lol. It is […]
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After reading this book I’ve come to the realization that we must kill the CEO of every single mega corporate conglomerate.–> Thanks to Jack for starting off this blog post strong. This novella was a lot to take in- I found it deeply unsettling from the very beginning, and perhaps this was the author’s intention. […]
Italo Calvino, author of ‘If on a winter’s night a traveler’, is probably the most unique book I have encountered till date. Although not a terribly hard read, the book entails a unique style of dual narration. The book begins with a rather direct, second-person narration of what the reader is doing and feeling while …
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I felt that this novel perfectly encapsulated what it is like to write an essay. Even while writing this blogpost I am struggling to pinpoint exactly what I want to say and how I want to say it. I find myself wanting to plan it out from beginning to end, with an intro, middle, and […]
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Hello everyone and happy Tuesday! this week I have decided to do something different than usual and structure my weekly blog post as a read-along with me. Here are my thoughts as I read If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino: Check-in #1: I am on page 75 and going strong. So […]
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“Whatever it may be, this is a novel where, once you have got into it, you want to go forward, without stopping” (Calvino, 76) You are about to begin reading my blog post on Italo Calvino’s novel, “If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler.” Relax. Concentrate. The post-modernist narrative, published in 1979, is a captivating […]
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I remember when I was looking through books to read I saw the blurb about If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino and I thought it sounded very unique. I don’t think “unique” begins to describe what this book is! It really pushes you, the readers (me!), expectations, I never knew quite […]
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I’ll start off by saying that without a doubt I LOVED Calvino’s If on a winter’s night a traveler. It felt new, it felt refreshing, it felt different. In one of my other classes, we have been discussing the concepts … Continue reading →
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“I’m beginning to read Italo Calvino’s new novel!” (3) If On A Winter’s Night A Traveller was definitely a novel with a different story structure. It started with a man suggesting a perfect posture to read a book, and started the story. However, the story suddenly cut off — literally, cut off — as the […]
