Collection of Sand
Essays
$26.54
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
21 August 2013
Summary
Calvino’s fascinating and cerebral collection of essays celebrating all aspects of the visual, translated for the first time and new to Penguin Modern Classics
Italo Calvino claimed that ‘the brain begins in the eye’. The essays collected here display his fascination with the visual universe, in which the things we see tell a truth about the world. With encyclopedic knowledge and engaging curiosity, Calvino writes about such diverse subjects as the imaginative pleasures of maps, bizar…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141193748 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141193743 |
| Author: | Italo Calvino |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 21 August 2013 |
| Weight: | 178g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 129mm x 16mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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Critics Review
A brilliant collection that may change the way you see the world around you
A brilliant collection that may change the way you see the world around you * Guardian *
A pleasure … offers new glimpses into the mind of the great writer while also reminding us of Calvino’s insatiable curiosity * Independent *
A delight, these essays are distinguished by a sly philosophic humour and whimsy * Spectator *
About The Author
Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino, 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. He died in Siena in 1985, of a brain hemorrhage.
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. He is the English translator of Umberto Eco and Italo Calvino among many others.
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