Are there any other writers as charming as Calvino?

>>9754312
Bump for interest

If we're talking about Italian writers, Montale is pretty neat. But Pasolini...he can truly be considered as a prophet

>>9754312
Baron in the Trees is incredibly charming.

>>9754746
Baron in the Trees is nice, but The Nonexistent Knight is on a whole different level. It's wonderful and has gorgeous prose (I don't know if it gets lost in the translation)

>>9754312
i've just read invisible cities
didn't like it at the beginning
loved it by the end
it's the third book of his i've read after winter's night and time and the hunter

i've got cosmicomics in my reading queue
don't know why but clearly i'm getting hooked

>>9754782
I started reading Invisible Cities and didn't like it at all.

Perhaps I'm not in the right mind frame but it seemed just like random bits of his imagination going loose, some jokes, etc.

Didn't do it for me.

On the other hand, I loved his "on a winter night".

Your mom was pretty charming last night.

File: catmen.png (666KB, 763x500px) Image search: [Google]

666KB, 763x500px

>>9754312
Cortazar if you're talking about his short stories, Perec if you're talking about his novels.

They both looked kinda ridiculous though.

>>9754822
It is almost as plotless as a story can be, maybe that's why you didn't like it. It has a lot of depth if you know what to look for. And the language is beautiful, like a prose poem.

I'm still looking for a book as comfy and charming as Marcovaldo.

>>9754312
Charming is a great word for him, OP.

Check out The Third Policeman if you haven't already. Maybe not as charming, but if you like Calvino, there's a decent chance you'll like it too.

Barthelme can be charming.

I know a lot of people here don't like contemporary lit, but George Saunders can write some charming stuff, too. Victory Lap is the literary equivalent of watching an elegant pair of Figure Skaters at their best.

File: 1317916412370.jpg (12KB, 257x287px) Image search: [Google]

12KB, 257x287px

>>9755869
Third Policeman wasn't Charming at all. It was alienating and uncanny. WTF are you talking about nigger?