One of my favorite passages of prose is from Calvino's "Invisible Cities"; I can't pass up the opportunity to share it on HN: "When a man rides a long time through wild regions he feels the desire for a city. Finally he comes to Isidora, a city where the buildings have spiral…
You're going to enjoy spending time with Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino. It's mostly metaphor, his writing style is quite vivid. The interactions of people and things in his fictional cities touch on many facets of what it is to be alive. It's short. You…
Heavily second the Italo Calvino recommendation. Although I love Invisible Cities, I think "If on a winter's night a traveler" is probably even better for the technically minded. It's somewhat recursive in structure, as the book is actually about reading itself. Highly recommended.
《反脆弱》（Antifragile，塔勒布）、《看不见的城市》（Invisible Cities，卡尔维诺）、《鞑靼人沙漠》（The Tartar Steppe / Il deserto dei tartari，迪诺·布扎蒂）、《人性的弱点》（How to Win Friends and Influence People，戴尔·卡耐基）
Antifragile by Nassim Taleb Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino Il deserto dei tartari (The Tartar Steppe) by Dino Buzzati How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
我逢人就推伊塔洛·卡尔维诺。在我看来他是一位被低估的意大利作家。《树上的男爵》或《看不见的城市》都是很好的入门之作。
I always recommend Italo Calvino. An underrated Italian writer IMHO. The Baron In The Trees or the Invisible Cities are a good start.
我最喜欢的一段散文出自卡尔维诺的《看不见的城市》；我可不能错过在 HN 上分享它的机会：“一个人骑马在荒野里行进很久之后，就会渴望一座城市。最后，他来到了伊西多拉，那里的建筑物有着螺旋……
One of my favorite passages of prose is from Calvino's "Invisible Cities"; I can't pass up the opportunity to share it on HN: "When a man rides a long time through wild regions he feels the desire for a city. Finally he comes to Isidora, a city where the buildings have spiral…
读完《看不见的城市》之后我就入坑了伊塔洛·卡尔维诺，那本太棒了。我现在正在读《树上的男爵》。
I’ve been getting into Italo Calvino after reading Invisible Cities, which was great. Right now I’m reading The Baron in the Trees.
你一定会喜欢上阅读伊塔洛·卡尔维诺的《看不见的城市》的时光。书里大部分是隐喻，他的写作风格相当生动。他在那些虚构城市中描绘的人物与事物的互动，触及了活着这一体验的方方面面。篇幅很短。你……
You're going to enjoy spending time with Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino. It's mostly metaphor, his writing style is quite vivid. The interactions of people and things in his fictional cities touch on many facets of what it is to be alive. It's short. You…
极其赞同推荐伊塔洛·卡尔维诺。虽然我很爱《看不见的城市》，但我认为对于理工科思维的人来说，《如果在冬夜，一个旅人》可能更对胃口。它的结构带有一种递归感，因为整本书实际上是在写“阅读”本身。强烈推荐。
Heavily second the Italo Calvino recommendation. Although I love Invisible Cities, I think "If on a winter's night a traveler" is probably even better for the technically minded. It's somewhat recursive in structure, as the book is actually about reading itself. Highly recommended.
《反脆弱》（Antifragile，塔勒布）、《看不见的城市》（Invisible Cities，卡尔维诺）、《鞑靼人沙漠》（The Tartar Steppe / Il deserto dei tartari，迪诺·布扎蒂）、《人性的弱点》（How to Win Friends and Influence People，戴尔·卡耐基）
Antifragile by Nassim Taleb Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino Il deserto dei tartari (The Tartar Steppe) by Dino Buzzati How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie