Teaser Tuesday (February 23)

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm.

Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

That’s my choice of the day:

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The only fixed point in this mental vacillation is that he can do without either one, for every choice has an obverse, that is to say a renunciation. And so there is no difference between the act of choosing and the act of renouncing.”

[Note: An amazing book, fantasy in its purest form – strange tales out of Tarot decks – from one of my favourite authors ever.]

( ~ The Castle of Crossed Destinies by Italo Calvino, 1973, Kindle Edition)

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Teaser Tuesdays post, or share your ‘teasers’ in a comment here and/or in A Daily Rhythm’s blog.

3 Comments

  1. sjhigbee

    My goodness – the prose style is very striking! I haven’t read any of Calvino’s work. My offering this week is:
    https://sjhigbee.wordpress.com/2016/02/23/teaser-tuesday-23rd-february-2016/ though I don’t think it will be your cup of tea:)

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  2. WordsAndPeace

    Ah I love Calvino! but have not read this one yet, thanks for sharing!

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  3. Steph P. Bianchini (Post author)

    I think you’d like this one or also The Invisible Cities. Checked out yours, and posted a comments there 🙂

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