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  <name><![CDATA[Italo Calvino]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Italo Calvino was born in Cuba and grew up in Italy. He was a journalist and writer of short stories and novels. His best known works include the &lt;i&gt;Our Ancestors&lt;/i&gt; trilogy (1952-1959), the &lt;i&gt;Cosmicomics&lt;/i&gt; collection of short stories (1965), and the novels &lt;i&gt;Invisible Cities&lt;/i&gt; (1972) and &lt;i&gt;If On a Winter's Night a Traveler&lt;/i&gt; (1979).

His style is not easily classified; much of his writing has an air of the fantastic reminiscent of fairy tales (&lt;i&gt;Our Ancestors, Cosmicomics&lt;/i&gt;), although sometimes his writing is more &quot;realistic&quot; and in the scenic mode of observation (&lt;i&gt;Difficult Loves&lt;/i&gt;, for example). Some of his writing has been called &lt;i&gt;postmodern&lt;/i&gt;, reflecting on literature and the act of reading, while some has been labeled magical realist, others fables, others simply &quot;modern&quot;. He wrote: &quot;&lt;i&gt;My working method has more often than not involved the subtraction of weight. I have tried to remove weight, sometimes from people, sometimes from heavenly bodies, sometimes from cities; above all I have tried to remove weight from the structure of stories and from language.&lt;/i&gt;&quot;
]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[Joseph Conrad, Oulipo]]></influences>  <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Santiago de Las Vegas</hometown>  <born_at>10/15/1923</born_at>  <died_at>09/19/1985</died_at>  
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[If On a Winter's Night a Traveler]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Italo Calvino]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[William Weaver]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1426877]]></link>
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  <average_rating>4.14</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>5646</ratings_count>
  <published>1979</published>  
  
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        <book id="9809">
  <title><![CDATA[Invisible Cities]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Italo Calvino]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.23</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>4880</ratings_count>
  <published>1972</published>  
  
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        <book id="9804">
  <title><![CDATA[The Baron in the Trees]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Italo Calvino]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.03</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2586</ratings_count>
  <published>1959</published>  
  
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        <book id="59780">
  <title><![CDATA[Cosmicomics]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Italo Calvino]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.18</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1948</ratings_count>
  <published>1965</published>  
  
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        <book id="9813">
  <title><![CDATA[The Nonexistent Knight and The Cloven Viscount]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Italo Calvino]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.94</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>994</ratings_count>
  <published>1977</published>  
  
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        <book id="9811">
  <title><![CDATA[Difficult Loves]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Italo Calvino]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/155517.Italo_Calvino]]></link>
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  <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>900</ratings_count>
  <published>1970</published>  
  
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        <book id="9807">
  <title><![CDATA[Italian Folktales]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Italo Calvino]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.11</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>655</ratings_count>
  <published>1956</published>  
  
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        <book id="9812">
  <title><![CDATA[Six Memos for the Next Millennium]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Italo Calvino]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.16</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>540</ratings_count>
  <published>1988</published>  
  
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        <book id="18929">
  <title><![CDATA[Marcovaldo: or the Seasons in the City]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Italo Calvino]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.95</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>530</ratings_count>
  <published>1963</published>  
  
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        <book id="60106">
  <title><![CDATA[Mr. Palomar]]></title>
  <authors>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Italo Calvino]]></name>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/155517.Italo_Calvino]]></link>
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  <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>525</ratings_count>
  <published>1983</published>  
  
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