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Let's start off by commenting on poor old prof Uzzi-Tuzii confined to the cleaning closet in the dusty corner :D , and Ludmilla's hi-jinx.

The dance around Ludmilla was another place I found (growing) distance between me and Reader. As a fem, I identified solidly with Other Reader, but from his point of view, I was thinking, 'she's jerking you around and you are pursuing her why?'

But I am coming to actually like Ludmilla, so that's good; I loved the shared look, first of disbelief, then of agreement to hear the story.

I also thought the portrayal of academic micro-factionalism was awesome.

Amy (Other Amy) wrote: "I also thought the portrayal of academic micro-factionalism was awesome.
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Yeah, that was cool; but also, so so much going on here on a philosophical level! In fact there is such dense philosophizing going on, that I'd have to re-read those bits in order to coherently comment on it.

I've made the next thread, here : /topic/show/...

;but there is still much to say about what Calvino is saying in the current section about the act of translating and about translation in general; about listening as opposed to reading; about the nature of narratives and what constitutes a "story"... -and there was more besides.

Calvino missed Derrida's "The Ear of the Other" by just a few years....
Sorry, couldn't resist!