Italo Calvinoauthor profile |
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| born | October 15, 1923 |
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| died | September 19, 1985 |
| gender | male |
| place of birth | Santiago de Las Vegas, Cuba |
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about this author
He was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. His best known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy (1952-1959), the Cosmicomics collection of short stories (1965), and the novels Invisible Cities (1972) and If On a Winter's Night a Traveler (1979). |
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books by Italo Calvinocombine editionsavg rating: 4.08 | 13202 ratings | 137 distinct works see all books by Italo Calvino » |
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quotes by Italo Calvino
"In the shop window you have promptly identified the cover with the title you were looking for. Following this visual trail, you have forced your way through the shop past the thick barricade of Books You Haven't Read, which are frowning at you from the tables and shelves, trying to cow you...And thus you pass the outer girdle of ramparts, but then you are attacked by the infantry of Books That If You Had More Than One Life You Would Certainly Also Read But Unfortunately Your Days Are Numbered. With a rapid maneuver you bypass them and move into the phalanxes of the Books You Mean To Read But There Are Others You Must Read First, the Books Too Expensive Now And You'll Wait Till They're Remaindered, the Books ditto When They Come Out in Paperback, Books You Can Borrow From Somebody, Books That Everybody's Read So It's As If You Had Read Them, Too. "
— Italo Calvino (If on a Winter's Night a Traveler)
— Italo Calvino (If on a Winter's Night a Traveler)
"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."
— Italo Calvino
— Italo Calvino
"A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say."
— Italo Calvino
— Italo Calvino
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