kate's review
Six Memos for the Next Millennium
by Italo Calvino
kate's review
Six Memos for the Next Millennium by Italo Calvino
kate's review
rating:
This book is based off the notes Calvino had prepared for a lecture. Unfortunately, he died before he could deliver the lecture, leaving us with only five completed memos out of the six he had originally planned on writing. The five essays contained here, though, are some of the most engaging essays on literature that I've ever read. Combining his own insights with personal anecdotes and passages from other works, Calvino highlights some attributes of writing that he finds/found "best." The essays are written in a conversational tone: reading them feels like you're sitting down and talking with a favorite professor. This collection could be read straight through or in pieces, one essay at a time. Either way, it's well worth the time to see what one great author enjoys most in literature.
