Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 17:17:46 -0500
From: hbone <hbone-AT-optonline.net>
Subject: Re: deleuze - new york - cities


geoff/All,

you wrote:


>What a hook!  Juxtapose it with Italo Calvino's If On a Winter's Night a
>Traveler:

>"You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino's new novel, If on a Winter's
>Night a Traveler.  Relax.  Concentrate.  Dispel every other thought.  Let
the
>world around you fade.  Best to close the door; the TV is always on in the
next
>room.  Tell the others right away, "No, I don't want to watch TV!"  Raise
your
>voice--they won't hear you otherwise--"Im reading!  I don't want to be
>?disturbed!"   Maybe they haven't heard you, with all that racket; speak
louder,
>yell:  'I'm beginning to read Italo Calvino's new novel!'  Or if you
prefer,
>don't say anything:  just hope they'll leave you alone."

Geoff,  Pleas tell us more.  I read  several of his books long ago when they
were new and
one of them, possibly this one was flavored with subtle and strange humor.