Under the Jaguar Sun -

Italo Calvino

Penguin Books

2009

96 páginas

3h 12m

ISBN-13: 9780141189727

A couple on an epicurean journey across Mexico are excited by the idea of a particular ingredient, suggested by ancient rituals of human sacrifice. Precariously balanced on his throne, a king is able only to listen to the sounds around him - sure that any deviation from their normal progression would mean the uprising of the conspirators that surround him. And three different men search desperately for the beguiling scents of lost women, from a Count visiting Madame Odile's perfumery, to a London drummer stepping over spent, naked bodies.

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Primoroso no que escreve, Calvino constrói, com maestria, contos sobre os sentidos do paladar e, melhor de todos, do olfato. Quanto à audição, o terceiro conto, não foi tão bem assim. Mas também é interessante. A intenção era escrever sobre tato e visão, também, mas parece que o projeto restou inacabado.