Four-star
review of If on a winter’s night a traveler by Italo Calvino
The
framework story is at time more interesting than the eleven
unfinished short stories enclosed in it. It took a little getting
used to the format of this book, but soon I no longer expected those
shorter pieces to end. I realized before long that the titles of the
stories formed a story of their own: a clever conceit. Calvino’s
writing is so entrancing that I kept reading. I became used to his
long, stream of consciousness sentences complete with the semicolons
we’re told not to use in fiction.
I
read this book for a class. It wasn’t the first Calvino I’ve read
but one of the more entertaining.
Four-star
review of The Traitor’s Story by Wignall
Finn
thought he'd been out of the game for six years until he realized
he'd been under surveillance for at least two. He knew he hadn't
betrayed his government, but had been corrupt. As the story switched
back and forth between the present day and an event gone wrong we
learn what's really going on. As a flawed hero, Finn is quite
believable.
Irreparable
Harm by Melissa F. Miller
Sasha
is a lawyer at a huge firm in Pittsburgh, but due to the untimely
death of a more senior lawyer, the case against one of the firm's
major clients, an airline, is assigned to her and she's drawn into
danger. After a slow start with lots of explanations of legal
procedures and the layers of management at the firm, the action picks
up. I'm eager to read more about Sasha and Leo as she opens her own
practice.
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