In Retrospect: Calvino's Cosmicomics

摘要

In one of the stories in Italo Calvino's The Complete Cosmicomics, the inimitable character named Qfwfq is gambling with Dean (k) yK in the nothingness before time and space began. "I don't want to boast," announces Qfwfq, "but from the start I was willing to bet there was going to be a universe, and I hit the nail on the head ... We were always gambling, the Dean and I, because there was really nothing else to do, and also because the only proof I existed was that I bet with him, and the only proof he existed was that he bet with me."