Los amores difíciles

Por Italo Calvino

Las historias de Los amores difíciles, de Italo Calvino (1923-1985), versan sobre la dificultad de comunicación entre personas que, por alguna inesperada circunstancia, podrían comenzar una relación amorosa.En realidad, son historias sobre cómo una pareja no alcanza nunca a establecer ese mínimo vínculo afectivo inicial, aunque todo parezca favorecerlo. Pero, para Italo Calvino, en ese desencuentro reside no sólo el motivo de una desesperación, sino también el elemento fundamental –o la esencia misma– de la relación amorosa.

• Idioma: Español
• Editorial: Siruela
• Fecha de lanzamiento: 8 nov 2012
• ISBN: 9788415723257

Italo Calvino

Italo Calvino (1923–1985) was born in Cuba and grew up in San Remo, Italy. He began as an essayist and a journalist but is best known for his fiction, including Invisible Cities, If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler, Marcovaldo, and Mr. Palomar.

Comentarios para Los amores difíciles

[kirstiecat · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

Not as good as the Roald Dahl collection and I'd recommend a novel or Invisible Cities before this but still Calvino overall doesn't disappoint in many of these.

[alexnisnevich · Calificación: 5 de 5 estrellas]

A great short story collection - I feel that Italo Calvino brilliantly describes those everyday parts of life that we don't pay enough attention to. At the same time, there were also stories that were hilariously out-of-the-ordinary, such as one about a man's quest to find enough prostitutes to save his wife.

[ifjuly · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

my favorite calvino so far, even trumps if on a winter's night a traveler... but i haven't read cosmicomics yet!

[piefuchs · Calificación: 4 de 5 estrellas]

A story from this book was read at our wedding.

[danlai-1 · Calificación: 3 de 5 estrellas]

Difficult Loves is a collection of short stories split into four sections: Riviera Stories, Wartime Stories, Post-war Stories, and Stories of Love and Loneliness. I’ve heard that each story is supposed to deal with some form of love, but I’m not sure this is true. Regardless, these stories are fine and unexpected. I’m particularly fond of the Riviera Stories section-- in one story, a gang of young boys explore a crab-infested ship; in another a young man tries to woo a girl by giving her a cornucopia of slimy animals. Not all stories are so carefree-- the Wartime section in particular. A man must navigate a mine field in one story, and in another a soldier must hide from a sharpshooting young boy. The Stories of Love and Loneliness are also excellent and emotionally rich.

This book’s writing is not as mature as If on a winter’s night a traveler or Invisible Cities, more in line with The Baron in the Trees perhaps, but there are still gems that predict what is to come in Calvino’s writings. It’s a good collection with some memorable stories, and some aren’t. But these stories still shine with Calvino’s talent; they are filled with love and truth.