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Honoré de Balzac
Théophile Gautier
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Oh Inca, oh ill‑fated and unhappy king!
This unfortunate inspiration earned him, for all of the remaining time that he stayed at the school, the derisory nickname of poet. Balzac, it must be confessed, never had a gift for poetry, at least for meter; his complex thoughts rebelled against rhythm.
From these intense meditations, from these truly prodigious intellectual efforts of a child of twelve or fourteen years, there resulted a bizarre malady, a nervous fever, a sort of coma entirely inexplicable for the professors, who were not in on the secret of the readings and the works of young Honoré, who appeared to be so lazy and stupid. No one at the school suspected this precocious excess of intelligence, no one knew that in the cell in whic. . . Read More
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Italy's master spinner of the wildly inventive, the incomparable Italo Calvino, includes twenty-six of his favorite imaginary tales in this excellent collection. And since each tale is worthy of its own review, I have chosen one of my personal favorites: The Holes in the Mask by French fin-de-siècle
While reading the Mammoth anthologies of various generic tales, I had somehow come to understand that anthologies contain mostly 'Meh' and some 'That's Good' stories. I used to think that anthologies are built upon a premise that whatever the editor can get hold of, goes into it without a proper tho
This book led me to read more work by authors such as Gogol and Hoffmannn, which has been a wonderful experience. There are not many anthologies that I would give 5 stars, but this is definitely one.
Ho trovato questa raccolta di racconti in una libreria dell'usato, non potevo proprio lasciarla lì! Non solo perchè ha due copertine bellissime e perché è curata da Calvino, ma anche e soprattutto per la selezione dei brani scelti. Ci sono inarrivabili capolavori come Il cuore rivelatore di Edgar Al
Some brilliant tales in this well-selected anthology. My favourites were those by Dickens, Turgenev, Leskov, de Maupassant, James and Bierce. I had to skip past the Walter Scott and Rudyard Kipling stories, though; Scots English and extensive descriptions of a bridge across the Ganges were definite
Neste pequeno registro, vou deixar minhas impressões sobre os melhores contos da coletânea, na minha opinião:
1 - Em terra de cegos (H.G. Wells)
Esta é a segunda vez que eu leio esse conto do H.G. Wells. E é incrível o quanto ele fica melhor a cada nova leitura. A gente acaba percebendo outras nuances
The Venus of Ille is one of my favorite stories in this, as it has the fastidiousness of a French tale, the oddness of a Hoffmann, and the Surreality of a Roussel. I think this is one of Calvino's best. Yes, I don't think one can escape the associations between Calvino and Roussel in some of these.