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title = "In Calabria - Peter S. Beagle"
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date = 2021-08-31
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tags = ["books", "reviews", "books:2021"]
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[OpenLibrary Summary](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27229983M/In_Calabria):
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"Claudio Bianchi has lived alone for many years on a hillside in Southern
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Italy's scenic Calabria. Set in his ways and suspicious of outsiders, Claudio
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has always resisted change, preferring farming and writing poetry. But one
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chilly morning, as though from a dream, an impossible visitor appears at the
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farm. When Claudio comes to her aid, an act of kindness throws his world into
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chaos. Suddenly he must stave off inquisitive onlookers, invasive media, and
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even more sinister influences" -- provided by publisher.
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So, this is not *really* a book, but a novella. And that's no shame.
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For all that's worth, the writing is pretty good and makes the things really
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flow, although it gets a bit messy in the end, in the climatic scene. Also, I'm
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pretty sure there the author messed with some of main character cats at some
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point.
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The story is quite simple and, for someone from an Italian family, feels quite
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at home. But, for all that's worth, it is kinda weird that Italians, in Italy,
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speak in English, but use Italian for emotional effect.
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