Like Camus in The Plague, Calvino removes the war entirely in order to talk about it more easily. Typical of Calvino that he does in a (fairly long) short story what others would do in a novel. Or maybe it's just about ants? #CalvinoBookClub#TheArgentineAnt#ItaloCalvino

@kaggsy59.bsky.social Did you get the chance to squeeze this one in?

If you'd like to hear more of my thoughts on this story (especially on the extent to which it can be considered a horror story) you cam find them on this Halloween-themed episode of the podcast. #CalvinoBookClub#APlungeIntoCalvinoPodcastanchor.fm/aplungeintoc...