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wild gago

"Listening to someone read aloud is very different from reading in silence. When you read, you can stop or skip sentences: you are the one who sets the pace. When someone else is reading, it is difficult to make your attention coincide with the tempo of his reading: the voice goes either too fast or too slow."

Swapped to the edition I am actually reading, but man, I am not a fan of Calvino's dour mug on the Everyman's Library cover. My library copy is sans the original jacket, so it's just the navy blue boards with author and title inscribed in gold. Much better.

one of the better first chapters i’ve read

Wow. (And also, Calvino likes his spy novels.)

Sir, the lady wishes you to buy her a grapnel.

… I’m still stuck on the Cimmerian. Really? It had to be Cimmeria? [amused] I wonder if Calvino was a Conan fan.