"Ben" Yair’s Reviews > Marcovaldo: or the Seasons in the City > Status Update

"No period of the year is more gentle and good, for the world of industry and commerce, than Christmas and the weeks preceding it."

-Calvino, Italo. Marcovaldo: or the Seasons in the City.

"For eleven months of the year the inhabitants loved their city and woe to anyone who cast aspersions: the skyscrapers, the cigarette machines, the wide-screen movie theaters, all undeniable sources of constant attraction."

-Calvino, Italo. Marcovaldo: or the Seasons in the City.

"At his job, among his various other responsibilities, Marcovaldo had to water every morning the potted plant in the entrance hall."

-Calvino, Italo. Marcovaldo: or the Seasons in the City.

"It was a time when the simplest foods contained threats, traps, and frauds."

-Calvino, Italo. Marcovaldo: or the Seasons in the City.

"The joys of that round and flat vessel, or lunch-box, known as the “pietanziera”, consist first of all in its having a screw-on top."

-Calvino, Italo. Marcovaldo: or the Seasons in the City.

"The routes birds follow, as they migrate southwards or northwards, in autumn or in spring, rarely cross the city."

-Calvino, Italo. Marcovaldo: or the Seasons in the City.