ヴェニスと手袋 阿刀田高

タイトルで読者をmisleadさせている。勝った手袋と道の手袋
女性が二人出てくるが、あまり意味がない。
道端に落ちていた手袋のや小道具が効いている
ベニスの街の様子が、うわっぺらで真実味がない。会議もうわっぺら。

A Man by the Name of Ziegler by Hermann Hesse

Not so interesting, nor moving. The way Ziegler gets the pill (at the Egyptian museum) is good. 
Ziegler  is depicted as a man who puts stress on his appearance, but since the animals in the zoo looks dignified without clothes, he realizes how foolish he is, and throws away his clothes. And he is taken to an asylum.

The story tells that human beings are arrogant. Appearance is not what makes you dignified.

The Tonto Woman by Elmore Leonard

A humorous short story. The plot is good. A tattooed woman gets back her dignity with the help by Ruben Vega. He seems to be kind and sincere to her but on the other hand, he was pretending to be so only because he wants to steal the horses from John, her husband.

Full of humorous pages, especially at the end of the story. The tattooed woman teases her husband: “I am not sure I’ve had the pleasure.” “I don’t know if I want to be married to you.” “Did you hear that? He provides me.”

Vega was a nice guy, saved her and smoothly and naturally parts her giving life to her future. A western style story.