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André Alexis Reads Italo Calvino

The New Yorker: Fiction

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Diego's Story of the Abyss

i love that he says it as a way to talk about why neo realism was so important, because you could use the landscape and the places that weren't normal looked at were filled with these stories. So it's a striking little passage o that one, as an appreciation for what realism gave him the chance to talk about his landscape. He talks about strangers telling strangers stories, just everybody burstingto tell ya,. i've a question. Why do you think we see this story through diego's eyes and not through micale's? You mean, why has he chosen diego as r standon and not micale ye? Well, iam not sure at that time there is

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