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Title: T Zero (Harbrace Paperbound Library, Hpl 70) by Italo Calvino, William Weaver ISBN: 0-15-692400-5 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: October, 1976 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Brilliantly imaginative, if somewhat tedious.
Comment: To the people who hate this book, I grant you the freedom of your opinion, but I have to say, "You don't get it!" This isn't a narrative in the traditional sense of the word. Instead, Calvino has taken complex scientific principles and turned them into stories. Its true that there is a certain lack of character development, as the main character is a one-dimensional atomic particle (pun intended), but even so, Calvino makes him(it?) come alive in his tales. The true feature and attraction of these stories are the situation and worlds that Calvino creates. All that being said, I read this in the same day that I read Cosmicomics, which is a prior collections of similar stories featuring the same character (and, I think, a better book overall), and the artist's conceit wore a little thin. However, if you can give these books sufficient time and space(pun intended again), they are truly fun and beautiful.
Rating: 4
Summary: I liked it but.........
Comment: Not surprisingly the two early reviews give it 1 and 5 respectively: a book about which it is impossible to be neutral. Confusing,dense, boring writing there is - but also some amazing mathematic/scietific concepts whch Calvino masterly spins into stories - the logic/illogic (which are probably simultaneously both the same and opposite) outcomes baffle and amaze. The final section was more rewarding (being more time-space maths based) - couldn't get a handle on the evolutionary/biological stuff. I also suspect I want to read more about the text and continually get beneath its skin. Will read bits again and again and again. (Not a tour de force of narrative analysis compared to "if on a winter's night..." and castle of crossed destinies)
Rating: 1
Summary: Could not finish.
Comment: Qfwfqu, an immortal being, guides the reader through the evolution of Earth. Highly repetetive with no character action.
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Title: Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino ISBN: 0156226006 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 04 October, 1976 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Mr. Palomar by Italo Calvino ISBN: 0156627809 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 22 September, 1986 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Difficult Loves by Italo Calvino, William Weaver, Archibald Colquhoun ISBN: 0156260557 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: September, 1985 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Marcovaldo: or the Seasons in the City by Italo Calvino ISBN: 0156572044 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 16 November, 1983 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Invisible Cities (A Harvest/Hbj Book) by Italo Calvino, William Weaver ISBN: 0156453800 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: May, 1978 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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