To be honest, I don't know know what to expect from this novel. Judging it by its cover, it would never call my attention. The fact that there are pictures of cities smashed together, and then something, that to met seems like a ring of fire, burning down the city, isn't something that I would recognize. By the cover, I expect a very complex story. Too complex, that I will probably won't enjoy at all, at least that's what I thought when the book was placed in my hands.
I opened the first page, ready for torture. I prepared myself all afternoon for probably one of the most boring books, I will probably have to read in my high school years, but all of a sudden that seem to change. As a flipped pages, reading word for word, I have come to realize that this book isn't bad at all. What really called my attention is the detail that he put into the book when discovering cities like Diomira, Isidora, and Dorothea. Italo Calvino describes Diomira as, "a city with sixy silver domes, bronze statues of all the gods, streets paved with lead, a crystal theater, a golden cock that crows each morning on a tower." (page 7) Making me feel as if I were right there standing in front of the statues or the domes, or the crystal theater. When describing Isidora, "a city where the building have spiral staircases encrusted with spiral swashells, where perfect telescopes and violins are made, where the foreigner between two women always encounters a third... is the city of his dream," he was able to make me think about what my dream city would be like, or if this type of city, would be my dream.
Even though we haven't read the whole story, the way Italo Calvino writes, really gets my attention. It makes me feel like I am a part of the story too. When he is narrating the story, I am able to picture myself, experiencing all of it. For how little we have read, and what is yet to come, it's like every page is contained with dreams, and as soon as you open this book, you can feel the dreams happening right in front of you. If you look at the back of the book they describe Invisible Cities as a "dream like story telling," and so far I have to say, that I agree. Although, things may change. There is the possibility of this book turning out as bad, as I expected it to be. I'll keep my fingers crossed, and my hopes high, to read a book, aside from To Kill a Mockingbird, that will catch my eye, unlike every other English novel I have read.
I opened the first page, ready for torture. I prepared myself all afternoon for probably one of the most boring books, I will probably have to read in my high school years, but all of a sudden that seem to change. As a flipped pages, reading word for word, I have come to realize that this book isn't bad at all. What really called my attention is the detail that he put into the book when discovering cities like Diomira, Isidora, and Dorothea. Italo Calvino describes Diomira as, "a city with sixy silver domes, bronze statues of all the gods, streets paved with lead, a crystal theater, a golden cock that crows each morning on a tower." (page 7) Making me feel as if I were right there standing in front of the statues or the domes, or the crystal theater. When describing Isidora, "a city where the building have spiral staircases encrusted with spiral swashells, where perfect telescopes and violins are made, where the foreigner between two women always encounters a third... is the city of his dream," he was able to make me think about what my dream city would be like, or if this type of city, would be my dream.
Even though we haven't read the whole story, the way Italo Calvino writes, really gets my attention. It makes me feel like I am a part of the story too. When he is narrating the story, I am able to picture myself, experiencing all of it. For how little we have read, and what is yet to come, it's like every page is contained with dreams, and as soon as you open this book, you can feel the dreams happening right in front of you. If you look at the back of the book they describe Invisible Cities as a "dream like story telling," and so far I have to say, that I agree. Although, things may change. There is the possibility of this book turning out as bad, as I expected it to be. I'll keep my fingers crossed, and my hopes high, to read a book, aside from To Kill a Mockingbird, that will catch my eye, unlike every other English novel I have read.
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