http://1heckofaguy.com/2007/05/04/madeleines-from-reading-invisible-cities-by-italo-calvino/ A pastiche of posts, featuring song, dance, snappy chatter plus notes on prose, poesy, love, lust, life, and beyond Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:14:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://1heckofaguy.com/2007/05/04/madeleines-from-reading-invisible-cities-by-italo-calvino/#comment-24846 DrHGuy Fri, 04 May 2007 21:28:54 +0000 http://1heckofaguy.com/2007/05/04/madeleines-from-reading-invisible-cities-by-italo-calvino/#comment-24846 For what it's worth, the nearly universal recommendation is <strong>not</strong> to begin with <em>Invisible Cities</em> but to start instead with Italo's <em>Cosmicomics</em> or <em>If On A Winter's Night A Traveler</em>. I, of course, read <em>Invisible Cities</em> first; I, of course, now recommend reading <em>Cosmicomics</em> or <em>If On A Winter's Night A Traveler</em> first. For what it’s worth, the nearly universal recommendation is not to begin with Invisible Cities but to start instead with Italo’s Cosmicomics or If On A Winter’s Night A Traveler. I, of course, read Invisible Cities first; I, of course, now recommend reading Cosmicomics or If On A Winter’s Night A Traveler first.

]]> http://1heckofaguy.com/2007/05/04/madeleines-from-reading-invisible-cities-by-italo-calvino/#comment-24845 MindSpin Fri, 04 May 2007 20:32:12 +0000 http://1heckofaguy.com/2007/05/04/madeleines-from-reading-invisible-cities-by-italo-calvino/#comment-24845 OK, that worked - I'd like to read more. I've seldom encountered sentences that manage to evoke so much in the space of a paragraph (or more likely to make this sentence feel, comparatively speaking, like a galumphing camel). Thanks :-). Just in time, too. This evening will find me passing the time in a book store while my kids take in a movie. I'd rather buy a book than a ticket. OK, that worked - I’d like to read more. I’ve seldom encountered sentences that manage to evoke so much in the space of a paragraph (or more likely to make this sentence feel, comparatively speaking, like a galumphing camel). Thanks :-). Just in time, too. This evening will find me passing the time in a book store while my kids take in a movie. I’d rather buy a book than a ticket.

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