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Giovanni Boccaccio: The Decameron 4 stars

The Decameron (; Italian: Decameron [deˈkaːmeron, dekameˈrɔn, -ˈron] or Decamerone [dekameˈroːne]), subtitled Prince Galehaut (Old …

Review of 'The Decameron' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

A lengthy tribute from the storyteller to his mistress, Fiction. It's weirdness is fit for its purpose. Its betrayal of the society's cruelty and misogyny is inevitable, almost a necessity.

It is weird, and thereby generations of us project our own experiences and imagination onto its weirdness, and thereby we're moulded by our own storytelling and vice versa.