Comments | iridium: selections from the reading

iridium

selections from the reading

Jul 18, 2006 11:44

from Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities, about halfway through, under the heading "Trading Cities":
( In Ersilia, to establish the relationships that sustain the city's life, the inhabitants stretch strings from the corners of the houses... )

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tyratae July 19 2006, 01:25:00 UTC

i'm just going to sit here quietly in awe some more, & then maybe do something really mundane that couldn't possibly measure up to all the cool crammed into that.

ooooh! & finally send you those pix since i have my machine back!

iridium July 20 2006, 00:00:07 UTC

*smile* glad you liked it. i forget how much i enjoy Calvino until i go back and read him again. i'll post another couple excerpts from this book and the second one i'm reading sometime soon.

and thanks for the pictures!

ubersturm July 19 2006, 02:41:18 UTC

Gorgeous.