The Literature Machine - Essays

'This brilliant collection of essays should be a feast for his admirers, as well as for those who approach his dazzling oeuvre for the first time-Calvino is not only constantly and supremely intelligent; he is constantly and supremely faithful to his narrative imagination' Guardian

Info autore

Italo Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923 and grew up in Italy. He was an essayist and journalist and a member of the editorial staff of Einaudi in Turin. One of the most respected writers of the twentieth century, his best-known works of fiction include Invisible Cities, If on a Winter's Night a Traveller, Marcovaldo and Mr Palomar. In 1973 he won the prestigious Premio Feltrinelli. He died in 1985. A collection of Calvino's posthumous personal writings, The Hermit in Paris, was published in 2003.

Riassunto

'This brilliant collection of essays should be a feast for his admirers, as well as for those who approach his dazzling oeuvre for the first time-Calvino is not only constantly and supremely intelligent; he is constantly and supremely faithful to his narrative imagination' Guardian

Prefazione

'Brilliant-a feast' Guardian

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Italo Calvino
• Editore: Random House Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 02.10.1997
• EAN: 9780099430858
• ISBN: 978-0-09-943085-8
• Pagine: 352
• Dimensioni: 130 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Peso: 246 g
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Prose: non-fiction, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Italy, Biography and non-fiction prose