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Nov 04, 2018
Antonio Gallo
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bibliomania,
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La recensione che segue non l'ho scritta io, la riporto da Amazon ed è firmata "William". Posseggo questo libro da diversi anni ma non avevo avuto il tempo di leggerlo. Più di settecento pagine, edizione in inglese, un libro che per me rimane un "puzzle". Bisogna averlo tra le mani, sfogliarlo, vedere queste pagine stampate in maniera imprevedibile, sottosopra, alla rovescia, trasversale, insomma secondo lo stile della "letteratura ergodica", (non sapete cosa è?, e allora informatevi prima). "Wi
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This book laughs at attempts to "review" it. I'm reminded of the quote often attributed to Laurie Anderson that "writing about music is like dancing about architecture." Writing about this book is just such an exercise. I like to think of it as a printed, bound work of art. There's a story here, and some of that story has what can be recognized as a narrative, but not all of it. The story is very creepy in places, and the entire thing is a work of unadulterated imagination. Just try not to take
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