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March 3, 2008
Calvino Ch. 6 -
"Reading is a discontinuous and fragmentary operation. Or, rather, the object of reading is a punctiform and pulviscular material." - (p. 248) Calvino, If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
I found the stories to be alienating because I knew it was the experience of someone else reading the story. Also, I eventually figured out that the stories would never have a conclusion so that also killed my involvement. Sometimes I have to make an effort to connect with what I'm reading, but I found that it was best to stay detached to this book.
Posted by Kayla Sawyer at March 3, 2008 5:45 PM
Comments
Did you really find yourself disconnected, or just not enjoying the book? I felt as a ghost spiriting through the novel.
Posted by: Jeremy Barrick at March 5, 2008 9:31 PM
Perhaps your perspective of staying detached from the book distorted your ability to perceive certain truths that lie within its context. Then again, I may be wrong.
Posted by: David Cristello at March 6, 2008 2:56 AM
whenever Ludmilla was mentioned, i felt alienated because Calvino was writing as though the reader was a male. After about the first three fake chapters, I caught on and deliberately stopped myself from getting invested.
Usually, at the end of the book, it takes my mind a little while to process what just happened. at the end of this book, there were no residuals left over. I, too, felt like a ghost.
Posted by: Daniella Choynowski at March 6, 2008 8:42 AM