In addition, the plot frequently progresses out of chronological order, adding to the effort one must take to navigate the novel’s complexities.
The multitude of characters (all bearing names and nicknames with potential symbolic meaning) go about their lives (often in completely different settings from page to page ), being occasionally narrated (by another character who arguably doesn’t exist), while expounding on any number of complex philosophies and systems of political ideals and being depicted alongside many hidden visual references to their situations (Asterios’ twinned bedroom, Kalvin’s cluttered apartment).
Throughout my reading of Asterios Polyp, I was struck by the occasionally overwhelming level of content and stimulus included by Mazzucchelli on each page.
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