Why Read the Classics?
de Calvino, Italo
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
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NY: Pantheon Books; (1999). First Edition . Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First US edition, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Minor handling wear to book and jacket, and the black jacket is just a little rubbed. Translated from the Italian by Martin McLaughlin. Calvino's essays on great works, from Homer to Hemingway. Includes Publisher's Note, and an index; 278 pages.
Sinopsis
For Italo Calvino, classics are works of enduring cultural value, yes, but also something much more personal: talismans, touchstones, books through which we understand our world and ourselves. In Why Read the Classics?, Calvino shares thirty-six of his classics in essays of warmth, humor, and striking insight. He ranges from Homer to Borges, from the Persian folklorist Nezami to Dickens, and offers surprising insights along the way. Whether tracing the links between Ovid’s Metamorphoses and Alain Robbe-Grillet’s objectivity, discovering the origins of science fiction in the writings of Cyrano de Bergerac, or convincing us that the Italian novelist Carlo Emilio Gadda’s works are like artichokes, Calvino offers a new perspective on beloved favorites and introduces us to hidden gems.
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- Librería
- Tulsa Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 022728
- Título
- Why Read the Classics?
- Autor
- Calvino, Italo
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Dust Jacket Included
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Pantheon Books; (1999)
- Lugar de publicación
- NY
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Literary Criticism;
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