tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post4093633474700335709..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Giovanni Verga's successAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-57367468295783862242015-03-14T15:44:20.695-05:002015-03-14T15:44:20.695-05:00"Overly long" and "muddled" wh..."Overly long" and "muddled" when compared to "Rosso Malpelo" hardly seems like a fair comparison, does it? And the comparison can't be to Zola. No shortage of muddle there, some of it deliberate.<br /><br />Well, I will try the novel soon. I would guess my thoughts will be more like yours.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-23612593538877940972015-03-13T17:47:23.018-05:002015-03-13T17:47:23.018-05:00Funny that Parks would see the longer works (of wh...Funny that Parks would see the longer works (of which I've read <i>I Malavoglia</i>) as "overly long" and "muddled." I would not have thought that without having read "Rosso Malpelo" today, but it is striking how Verga is able to pack almost as much into that one brief story as he is into a novel 10 or 12 times its length. That's not necessarily a knock on the novel, which is also extraordinary, in part because it submerges the reader in that world without the breathing space of the short form. But one needn't worry too much, I think, about the "parade of misery" becoming numbing or unbearable; Verga's irony - his art - just keeps lifting the narrative up.seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.com