Why Read the Classics?

Informationen zum Autor Italo Calvino (1923-1985), one of Italy's finest postwar writers, has delighted readers around the world with his deceptively simple, fable-like stories. Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923 and raised in San Remo, Italy; he fought for the Italian Resistance from 1943-45. His major works include Cosmicomics (1968), Invisible Cities (1972), and If on a winter's night a traveler (1979). He died in Siena in 1985. Klappentext Italo Calvino , one of Italy's finest postwar writers, has delighted readers around the world with his deceptively simple, fable-like stories. He was born in Cuba in 1923 and raised in San Remo, Italy; he fought for the Italian Resistance from 1943-45. His major works include Cosmicomics (1968), Invisible Cities (1972), and If on a winter's night a traveler (1979). He died in Siena in 1985. Martin L. McLaughlin is Professor of Italian and Fiat-Serena Professor of Italian Studies at the University of Oxford where he is a Fellow of Magdalen College. In addition to his published academic works he is the English translator of Umberto Eco and Italo Calvino among many others. Zusammenfassung Beginning with an essay on the attributes that define a classic, this collection provides the author's criticism.

Product details

• Authors: Italo Calvino, Martin Mclaughlin
• Assisted by: Patrick Creagh (Translation), Martin Mclaughlin (Translation), Tim Parks (Translation), William Weaver (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.05.2009
• EAN: 9780141189703
• ISBN: 978-0-14-118970-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, Biography and non-fiction prose, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary companions, book reviews & guides, Literary companions, book reviews and guides