Books by author: Italo Calvino

I read this on a flight from Boston to San Francisco, and found it very much to my taste. It's Mike's favorite book, and he graciously loaned me his copy, even though I haven't returned the books I borrowed from his fiancee about a year ago (yikes!). Calvino's "book" reads much like poetry, and I feel that I've only skimmed the surface of its depths. As I travelled to San Francisco and then on to Honolulu last week, the book constantly reminded me of how much these cities are similar to my home city of Boston, in spite of their outward differences. Not a profound observation, perhaps, but one worth considering.

This was Mike's favorite book some years ago, and he recommends it highly. I thought I'd give it a look-see, and I quite enjoyed it, though I think Invisible Cities is more successful overall, particularly in the unification of included short stories. I felt that some of the stories in t zero were a bit too contrived, like many of Escher's drawings, but some readers might love them for that very reason.