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The Watcher and Other Stories

Italo Calvino

Paperback | Pages: 181 pages

Rating: 3.72 | 472 Users | 23 Reviews

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Original Title:	The Watcher and Other Stories
ISBN:	0156949520 (ISBN13: 9780156949521)
Edition Language:	English

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In "The Watcher," a member of the Communist Party is assigned to a polling place in Turin's Hospital for Incurables, where he observes the rejects of humanity and a grotesque parody of the democratic process. "Smog" anticipates a preoccupation with pollution so lunatic that it casts a pall even over the hero's affair with a beautiful woman. "The Argentine Ant" is a piece of sustained horror with farcical undertones, illustrating man's defeat before an enemy too small to be overcome.

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Title	:	The Watcher and Other Stories
Author	:	Italo Calvino
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 181 pages
Published	:	1975 by Houghton Mifflin (first published 1963)
Categories	:	Fiction. Short Stories. Literature. Cultural. Italy. European Literature. Italian Literature

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Ratings: 3.72 From 472 Users | 23 Reviews

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Three (long) short stories or novellas from a master. In each of these, Calvinos style shines through. The style is not so much fantasy or magical realism as it is one of detailed realism, almost scientifically examined until it becomes absurd.In the title story, The Watcher, a communist party member volunteers to serve as a poll watcher. (From 1943 to 1993 Italy had compulsory voting, although there were no penalties enforced for not voting.) But such a system creates a whole new array of

The title story, about a member of Italian Communist Party assigned to observe voting at a hospital for "incurables," is a breath-taking story! It's much darker in tone than typical Calvino story -- at least ones in Difficult Loves and Marcovaldo -- but retains the quintessential Calvino compassion and humanity. Scene with elderly peasant father sharing almonds with his brain-damaged son is a microcosm of the story's quietly moving tone.(I'm jumping around in my reading some these days, so it

Two great stories but "The Watcher" is more than a little blah.

Maybe in the 3.5 range.So there's three stories in here with The Watcher being the longest. All three were interesting and somewhat bizarre. I think there's more going on in them than my often only-partially-awake reading could unearth.

Calvino is simply brilliant.

I have read some of Italo Calvino's book and the thing I loved about him is his way to describe even how characters breathe. I hope this book won't be the exception.I am so glad I have the chance the "best story telling/ writer" of Italy.

Three long stories. The one about a neighborhood invaded by ants is amazing. The other two are kind of sleepy pieces that didn't do much for me. BUt in all three, Calvino created amazing last paragraphs. Stunning endings for all his work, even the lesser ones.