Carmen and Other Stories | 
bailedI came to this book for Carmen, which was the first story here, and I wasn‘t too impressed by it. Beyond its use of unreliable narrators, I didn‘t take away much else. I read two more stories and they felt cold/boring to me. Merimée‘s writing is just not that interesting. I‘m glad I read the original Carmen but I just don‘t care enough to read further. For once, Finn agrees with my assessment.
#catsoflitsy
I‘ve been interested in the Carmen story for a few months now since I had a class on musical theater history in which we briefly studied Carmen Jones, Hammerstein‘s adaptation of the opera. I just finished reading the original story. The main narrator is naive, and full of romantic notions. I found the contrast between his POV and don Jose‘s narrative, which is full of passion, jealousy, and loathing, to be a study in unreliable narration. ⬇️
