Italo Calvino 19345

Hermit in Paris. Autobiographical writings

Vintage, 2004. Paperback. Pp: 255. Italo Calvino once said that he preferred to give false details about his biography since he felt that even the genuine data of a writer's life shed no light on the creative work. But this volume of posthumously collected personal writings is the closest we will ever come to the autobiography of this most private of writers. The pieces collected here range from the early 1950s to his last interview, completed just before his sudden death in 1985. Apart from shedding light on his own formative experiences and evolution as an author, Calvino's autobiographical writings also examine the major events of twentieth- century history from a very personal viewpoint. This volume is, as ever, full of ideas on literature and other writers, all conveyed with the author's distinctive lightness and intelligence. ISBN: 9780099286370. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Italo Calvino 19345

If On A Winter's Night A Traveller

Vintage, 1998. Paperback. Pp: 260. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler is a marvel of ingenuity, an experimental text that looks longingly back to the great age of narration""when time no longer seemed stopped and did not yet seem to have exploded." Italo Calvino's novel is in one sense a comedy in which the two protagonists, the Reader and the Other Reader, ultimately end up married, having almost finished If on a Winter's Night a Traveler. In another, it is a tragedy, a reflection on the difficulties of writing and the solitary nature of reading. The Reader buys a fashionable new book, which opens with an exhortation: "Relax. Concentrate. Dispel every other thought. Let the world around you fade." Alas, after 30 or so pages, he discovers that his copy is corrupted, and consists of nothing but the first section, over and over. Returning to the bookshop, he discovers the volume, which he thought was by Calvino, is actually by the Polish writer Bazakbal. Given the choice between the two, he goes for the Pole, as does the Other Reader, Ludmilla. But this copy turns out to be by yet another writer, as does the next, and the next. The real Calvino intersperses 10 different pastiches"stories of menace, spies, mystery, premonition"with explorations of how and why we choose to read, make meanings, and get our bearings or fail to. Meanwhile the Reader and Ludmilla try to reach, and read, each other. If on a Winter's Night is dazzling, vertiginous, and deeply romantic. "What makes lovemaking and reading resemble each other most is that within both of them times and spaces open, different from measurable time and space.". ISBN: 9781784871895. Cond./Kwaliteit: Ramsj.

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Italo Calvino 19345

Into the War

Penguin. Paperback. Pp: 90. A collection of stories. Set in Italy in the summer of 1940, it explores the relationships between the different generations caught up in the war as well as the author's own experiences as a teenager. It features such stories as: "Into the War", "The Avanguardisti in Menton" and "UNPA Nights". ISBN: 9780141193731. Cond./Kwaliteit: Ramsj.

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Italo Calvino 19345

Invisible Cities

Vintage. Paperback. Pp: 150. "Kublai Khan does not necessarily believe everything Marco Polo says when he describes the cities visited on his expeditions, but the emperor of the Tartars does continue listening to the young Venetian with greater attention and curiosity than he shows any other messenger or explorer of his." So begins Italo Calvino's compilation of fragmentary urban images. As Marco tells the khan about Armilla, which "has nothing that makes it seem a city, except the water pipes that rise vertically where the houses should be and spread out horizontally where the floors should be," the spider-web city of Octavia, and other marvelous burgs, it may be that he is creating them all out of his imagination, or perhaps he is recreating fine details of his native Venice over and over again, or perhaps he is simply recounting some of the myriad possible forms a city might take. ISBN: 9781784871888. Cond./Kwaliteit: Ramsj.

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Italo Calvino 19345

Het pad van de spinnennesten

Atlas. Paperback. Pp: 185. De tienjarige Pin woont samen met zijn zuster, een prostituee, en brengt zijn dagen door op straat en in de kroeg. Wanneer hij het pistool van de Duitse minnaarvan zijn zus steelt wordt hij gearresteerd en opgesloten.Hij weet samen met een zestienjarige ve. ISBN: 9789045016108. Cond./Kwaliteit: Ramsj.

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Italo Calvino 19345

I racconti

Mondadori, 1993. Paperback. Pp: 630. ISBN: 9788804376309. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Italo Calvino 19345

Waarom zou je de klassieken lezen

Atlas, 2003. Paperback. Pp: 382. Waarom zou je de klassieken lezen? Het enige dat daarvoor spreekt, zegt Italo Calvino in deze verzameling essays die in 1991 voor het eerst verscheen, is dat het lezen van de klassieken beter is dan ze niet lezen. Dat klinkt natuurlijk niet bepaald diepgaand. Maar bij Calvino betekent die uitspraak meer dan op het eerste gezicht lijkt. Nadat hij veertien definities van 'de klassieken' heeft geformuleerd, geeft hij aan de hand van boeken uit zijn eigen bibliotheek vijfendertig antwoorden op de vraag waarom het zo belangrijk is om boeken uit het verleden te lezen. Calvino's levendige en inventieve omgang met Homerus, Dickens, Balzac en Montale - om een paar van de besproken auteurs te noemen - inspireren iedere lezer de klassieken te lezen of te herlezen. ISBN: 9789045007151. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Italo Calvino 19345

Waarom zou je de klassieken lezen

LJ Veen Klassiek. Paperback. Pp: 384. - Waarom zou je de klassieken lezen?` Het enige dat daarvoor spreekt, zegt Italo Calvino in deze gelijknamige verzameling essays die in 1991 voor het eerst verscheen, is dat het lezen van de klassieken beter is dan ze niet lezen. Bij Calvino betekent die uitspraak meer dan het op het eerste gezicht lijkt. Nadat hij veertien definities van - de klassieken` heeft geformuleerd, geeft hij aan de hand van boeken uit zijn eigen bibliotheek vijfendertig antwoorden op de vraag waarom het zo belangrijk is om boeken uit het verleden te lezen. Calvino`s levendige en inventieve omgang met Flaubert, Dickens, Tolstoj en Twain �"“ om een paar van de besproken auteurs te noemen �"“ inspireert iedere lezer de klassieken te lezen of te herlezen. ISBN: 9789020416060. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Why read the classics?

Jonathan Cape, 1999. Hardcover. Pp: 277. Classics, according to Italo Calvino, are not only works of enduring cultural value, but also something much more personal: talismans, touchstones, books through which we understand our world and ourselves. In Why Read the Classics?, Calvino shares over thirty of his classics in essays of warmth, humor, and striking insight. He ranges from Homer to Jorge Luis Borges, from the Persian folklorist Nezami to Charles Dickens. 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. ISBN: 9780224037297. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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(Van Gogh, Vincent; Bausch, Pina; Calvino, Italo; et al). de Almeida Santos, Joao; director.

Adagio: Revista de Arte E Cultura. Ano I, Serie 1, No. 1. Novembro----Dezembro 1990. (Cover Title).

[Portugal]: Comissao Nacional para as Comemoracoes dos Descobrimentos Portugueses, 1990,, 1990. - Small quarto [9 inches high by 7 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is lightly rubbed & very lightly bumped with the head of the spine slightly chipped. 92 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Very good.

Among the contents of this first issue of Adagio, the Portuguese journal of arts and culture, are articles on Van Gogh, Pina Bausch's dance theatre, and author Italo Calvino. There is a piece on the puppet theatre "Bonecos de Santo Aleixo" and another on trends in contemporary music. The text is in Portuguese.

Rare. Very good .

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Barthelme, Donald; Calvino, Italo; Irving, John; L'Heureux, John; Yau, John

"Fiction" (Volume 6, Number 2)

1980. First Edition. 0 pp. Near fine in wrappers showing light wear to edges. Impressive collection of fiction. Fine.

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BECKETT, Samuel; SOLZHENITSYN, Aleksandr; CALVINO, Italo; BRODSKY, Joseph; MILOSZ, Czeslaw; PINTER, Harold; WALCOTT, Derek; ALLEN, Woody; LEVI-STRAUSS, Claude; et al

The Kenyon Review, Special Issues for a Patron

(Gambier, OH), (Kenyon College), 1979-1982. First Edition. Wraps. The first sixteen issues of the New Series of this important American literary magazine. These are special issues with loose quires laid into the covers. According to a letter from the editors dated 1990, included here, these issues were specially done for a patron who donated $100 per issue in exchange for autographed copies. A later note from an editorial assistant at the time states that the donor actually contributed much more than the stated amount per issue, more like $8000, and that only four years of signed copies were done, thus making this complete and the only known set. Nearly every contribution is SIGNED by the author, a total of more than 200 signatures, including duplicates, and including several winners of the Nobel Prize. Some of the better known authors: Samuel Beckett, Alexander Solzhenitsyn (3), Italo Calvino, Joseph Brodsky (2), Czeslaw Milosz, Harold Pinter, Derek Walcott, Claude Levi-Strauss, Woody Allen (2), James Merrill (2), George Crumb, Amy Clampitt (4), Ursula Le Guin (3), William Gass, Robert Hass, James Dickey (2), Sharon Olds, Rita Dove, W. D. Snodgrass, Joyce Carol Oates (3), Robert Bly, E. L. Doctorow, Barry Hannah, Michael Harper, David Ignatow, Mary Jo Salter, Christopher Logue, Anthony Hecht (2), Guy Davenport (2), Robert Pinsky, Harold Bloom, Tom Disch, Patricia Hampl, John Hollander, Alfred Corn, Brad Leithauser (2), etc. Two issues are missing a leaf with writings by Gunter Grass in one and Derek Walcott in the other. We suspect that these were never returned by the authors. Near Fine and quite exceptional, likely unique .

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Damon Knight [ed.]; Italo Calvino; J.G. Ballard; Alfred Bester et al.

Tomorrow and Tomorrow: Ten Tales of the Future

London, Victor Gollancz, 1974 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this thrilling collection of ten short stories set in the future, edited by American Science Fiction author Damon Knight. The first UK edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.This fantastic collection of futuristic short stories features contributions from Algis Budrys, A.E. Van Vogt, Italo Calvino, William Tenn, J.G. Ballard, Theodore Sturgeon, Alfred Bester, C.M. Kornbluth, Walter Van Tilburg Clark and Bernard Wolf.A thrilling science fiction anthology. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Light edgewear to dust wrapper back strip head and tail, with minor lifting to laminate at head of front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.

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Calvino, Italo

Adam, One Afternoon & Other Stories

Collins, London, 1957. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 21 short stories translated from the Italian by Archibald Colquhoun and Peggy Wright. Calvino was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. This collection of playful, deadly fables, the author's second title to be published in English, is populated with waifs and strays, a gluttonous thief and a mischievous gardener. The grimly comic story - 'The Argentine Ant' - moved Gore Vidal to declare 'if this is not a masterpiece of twentieth-century prose writing, I cannot think of anything better'. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 190 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. White titles spine. black cloth. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Short Stories; Italian Literature; Fables; Italy; Fiction. Inventory No: 3431.

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CALVINO, Italo

Adam, one afternoon and other stories

London, Minerva, 1992. Used - Very Good. VG paperback . Reprint, 1997. Corner of front cover creased. Photo:. ISBN: 0749399341

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