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Orientalism goes kinda crazy (esp the one about Japanese authors etc) and I’m not sure I like how Calvino writes women. Ludmilla seems to be some manic pixie dream girl thing. Hmm

On another note: Calvino has some very quotable quotes on the beauty and frustration of reading. … the book is like a love letter from a reader to a fellow reader… shared misery and joys.

“Looks down in the gathering shadow” had some craaaazy racial undertones. Maybe a function of the era it is written?

leaning from a steep slope is my favorite narrative so far

Many run on sentences. Translation issues? Funny read though, gets a chuckle out of me