He was better known in his own country as an essayist than a short-story writer. The essays are fantastic, but stressful if you came from first encountering hi

He was better known in his own country as an essayist than a short-story writer. The essays are fantastic, but stressful if you came from first encountering him as a fiction-writer. The writing style is almost identical. You keep waiting for the shoe to drop. That said, his essays on Dante are ... very powerful. Deeply moving.