Word: cadotto
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Olsen often loads his incidents-and his sentences-with more detail than they can support, and a certain awkwardness results: " 'How are your wounds?' Marie Tiviroli, the golden-haired princess of Steccola, said when she awakened in the abandoned charcoal hut between Cadotto and her home." But when the material is treated simply, it embeds itself in the reader's imagination. For example, in Olsen's handling of the postman, who thought the best thing to do under the circumstances was to walk his usual route burdened with letters for the dead. Or his description...
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