Katy's review
Marcovaldo: or the Seasons in the City
by Italo Calvino
Katy's review
Marcovaldo: or the Seasons in the City by Italo Calvino
Katy's review
rating:
This had been sitting on the shelf for a while, so I finally picked it up and got down to business. It's a very light read of short stories featuring a goofy guy with horribly bad luck. I'm not sure if there was supposed to be a moral to the stories (dreaming is impractical?) or if they're just meant to be entertaining. In any case, I enjoyed spending my train rides following Marcovaldo around a small northern Italian city while he chased rain clouds on his bicycle to feed his houseplant. You've got to admire that kind of grand determination for an ordinary chore.
