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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9811.Difficult_Loves?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Difficult Loves" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166064842m/9811.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9811.Difficult_Loves?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Difficult Loves</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/155517.Italo_Calvino">Italo Calvino</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/186204?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 3 of 5 stars<br/>Thanks to Meg for lending me this book as well as recommending I start from the end and work forwards. The Adventure stories ("The Adventure of a Reader", "The Adventure of a Bather", etc.), collected under the heading Stories of Love and Loneliness, were the best of the book, showcasing Calvino's knack for detailing his characters' obsession with the mundane. Had the entire collection been nothing but Adventure stories, I would have easily given this a five-star rating. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/18870?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>