Misreadings

Some of the essays in this collection depend a lot on the context of time in place. They are mostly written in the 1960s and, depending on the essay, may require the reader to know a lot about Italy of that time or have read certain works of literature.

My favorite essays in this collection, in order of preference are: Letter to My Son, Regretfully, We Are Returning Your..., Fragments, and The Latest from Heaven.

Letter to My Son is a wonderful essay by a father who justifies his looking forward to giving his son toy weapons and playing violent warlike games with him. I couldn't have argued it better myself.

Regretfully... is a hilarious collection of letters from a publisher who has to regretfully turn down the proposed publication of such works as the Bible, Kafka's Trial, Dante's Divine Comedy etc.