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Why Read the Classics?

by Italo Calvino, Tim Parks, Patrick Creagh

Canon (literature)Literature, history and criticism
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Canon (literature)Literature, history and criticism

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Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino

15 Oct 1923 – 19 Sep 1985

Italo Calvino (Santiago de Las Vegas de La Habana, 15 ottobre 1923 – Siena, 19 settembre 1985) è stato uno scrittore e paroliere italiano. Intellettuale di grande impegno politico, civile e culturale, è stato uno dei narratori italiani più importanti del secondo Novecento. I numerosi campi d'interesse toccati dal suo percorso letterario sono meditati e raccontati attraverso capolavori quali la trilogia de *I nostri antenati, Marcovaldo, Le cosmicomiche, Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore,* uniti dal filo conduttore della riflessione sulla storia e la società contemporanea. ---------- Italo Calvino (Italian: [ˈiːtalo kalˈviːno]; 15 October 1923 – 19 September 1985) was an Italian…

Tim Parks

1954

Authors

Italo Calvino, Tim Parks, Patrick Creagh

Pages

288

Read time

≈ 7h

Editions

3

Language

English

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers

ISBN

9780544230866

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