Italo Calvino

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1) Time and the hunter

Author

Calvino, Italo

Publisher

Cape

Pub. Date

1970

Language

English

2) The literature machine: essays

Author

Calvino, Italo

Series

Vintage classics

Publisher

Vintage

Pub. Date

1997

Language

English

Description

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In these essays, Calvino plays around with the roles of reader, author and character in ever-changing spheres, as he seeks to create a new literary form.

3) Six memos for the next millennium

Author

Calvino, Italo

Series

Vintage classics

Publisher

Vintage

Pub. Date

1996

Language

English

Description

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Drawing on the works of Lucretius, Ovid, Flaubert, Kundera and others, Italo Calvino pinpoints the universal laws and literary values which he feels future generations might cherish - lightness, quickness, exactitude, visibility and multiplicity.