Kim's review
The Baron in the Trees
by Italo Calvino
Kim's review
The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino
Kim's review
rating:
bookshelves:
bookclub,
fiction
I wish I hadn't had to rush right through this book, but it did help me get through what I felt were some slow spots. The language (or at least this translation) is toned and well-chosen and the characters are entertaining in this mildly fantastic tale of a baron in 18th century Italy who decides to take to the trees for the rest of his life. It is the first Calvino I've read and I am confident, after reading this pleasant tale, that I will read more.
