The struggle of literature is in fact a struggle to escape from the confines of language; it stretches out from the utmost limits of what can be… Read more “Literature Struggles To Escape The Confines Of Language”
Day: October 15, 2019
Each Of You Is The Object Of The Other’s Reading
Today each of you is the object of the other’s reading, one reads in the other the unwritten story. Goodreads.com. (2019). Italo Calvino Quotes (Author of If… Read more “Each Of You Is The Object Of The Other’s Reading”
I Have Spent More Time With Other People’s Books Than My Own
have spent more time with other people’s books than with my own. I do not regret it. Goodreads.com. (2019). Italo Calvino Quotes (Author of If on a… Read more “I Have Spent More Time With Other People’s Books Than My Own”
One Reads Alone
One reads alone, even in another’s presence. Goodreads.com. (2019). Italo Calvino Quotes (Author of If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler). [online] Available at: https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/155517.Italo_Calvino [Accessed 15… Read more “One Reads Alone”
It Is Not The Voice That Commands The Story
It is not the voice that commands the story; it is the ear. Goodreads.com. (2019). Italo Calvino Quotes (Author of If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler).… Read more “It Is Not The Voice That Commands The Story”
Reading Is Going Towards Something About To Be
Reading is going toward something that is about to be, and no one yet knows what it will be. Goodreads.com. (2019). Italo Calvino Quotes (Author of If… Read more “Reading Is Going Towards Something About To Be”
The Ultimate Meaning Has Two Faces
The ultimate meaning to which all stories refer has two faces: the continuity of life, the inevitability of death. Goodreads.com. (2019). Italo Calvino Quotes (Author of If… Read more “The Ultimate Meaning Has Two Faces”
It’s Better Not To Know Authors Personally
It’s better not to know authors personally, because the real person never corresponds to the image you form of him from reading his books. Goodreads.com. (2019). Italo… Read more “It’s Better Not To Know Authors Personally”
A Classic Has Not Finished Saying What It Has To Say
A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say. Goodreads.com. (2019). Italo Calvino Quotes (Author of If on a Winter’s Night… Read more “A Classic Has Not Finished Saying What It Has To Say”
Each Life Is An Encyclopedia
Who are we, who is each one of us, if not a combination of experiences, information, books we have read, things imagined? Each life is an encyclopaedia,… Read more “Each Life Is An Encyclopedia”
A Barricade of Books
In the shop window you have promptly identified the cover with the title you were looking for. Following this visual trail, you have forced your way through… Read more “A Barricade of Books”
Fantasy Is A Place
I will start out this evening with an assertion: fantasy is a place where it rains. Goodreads.com. (2019). Italo Calvino Quotes (Author of If on a Winter’s… Read more “Fantasy Is A Place”
A Great Library Is A Harbor
What harbor can receive you more securely than a great library? Goodreads.com. (2019). Italo Calvino Quotes (Author of If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler). [online] Available… Read more “A Great Library Is A Harbor”
The Writer Tears Himself To Pieces For His Neighbor
The writer is someone who tears himself to pieces in order to liberate his neighbour. Goodreads.com. (2019). Italo Calvino Quotes (Author of If on a Winter’s Night… Read more “The Writer Tears Himself To Pieces For His Neighbor”
The Things The Novel Does Not Say
The things that the novel does not say are necessarily more numerous than those it does say and only a special halo around what is written can… Read more “The Things The Novel Does Not Say”
Novels Create An Illusion Of Transparency
The novels that attract me most… are those that create an illusion of transparency around a knot of human relationships as obscure, cruel and perverse as possible.… Read more “Novels Create An Illusion Of Transparency”
Rolando Andrés Ramos 