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| Discussion: Calvino calvino reminds me more of borges than any other name mentioned on the calvino page. to me, he is the unsung hero of 20th century world literature. i like his "if on a winter's night a traveller". >>By eyekay You are so right ! See my post on the Borges page - no one comes close to these two for me... Any other ideas ? >>By invisibletechnologies I love them both. I hadn't thought of them as particularly similar to each other - Borges' writing has that deep encyclopaedic erudition which i don't really find in Calvino. I can see how they are linked by the creation of imaginary universes, with Calvino's Invisible Cities and Borges' Ficitions. I've read Cosmicomics, If on a Winter's Night a Traveller', and the Invisble Cities. Cosmicomics was amusing, though sometimes whilst reading it i was invaded by an odd feeling of embarrassment as if i had written it and was ashamed at the silliness of the ideas. The idea underlying If on a Winter's Night... of course is great, the book is really cleverly constructed. But nothing beats the magic of the Invisible Cities. A lot of it was really reminiscent of the Neverending Story, the best book of my childhood. I'm always fascinated by writers who have the ability to create entirely new universes -and yes, Borges and Calvino are the highest exponents of this kind. >>By obsidiana You are not logged in. To access all functionality, you can log in via Flork. Flork is a worldwide community of people who are interested in music, movies and books. As a Flork-User, you can participate in this and other discussions, meet new people and exchange messages with other members directly: www.flork.com |