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我生于美洲
卡尔维诺是一位不愿意谈论自己的作家，但是一生接受了超过两百次的采访。
《我生于美洲》为卡尔维诺1951—1985年间的访谈录，101次访谈跨越了4个10年。这是最珍贵的卡尔维诺的自述文集：既有对笔下作品趣事的披露、对意大利和外国文学形势和命运的分析，也有对城市、宇宙和人类未来的思索……这是卡尔维诺如何成为一名作家的故事，一部旋转棱镜般的多面性自传，一本理解卡尔维诺叙事艺术与美学思想的“解谜之书”。
《我生于美洲》为卡尔维诺1951—1985年间的访谈录，101次访谈跨越了4个10年。这是最珍贵的卡尔维诺的自述文集：既有对笔下作品趣事的披露、对意大利和外国文学形势和命运的分析，也有对城市、宇宙和人类未来的思索……这是卡尔维诺如何成为一名作家的故事，一部旋转棱镜般的多面性自传，一本理解卡尔维诺叙事艺术与美学思想的“解谜之书”。
753 pages, ebook
First published September 25, 2012
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About the author
Italo Calvino
559 books9,015 followersItalo 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 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).
His style is not easy to classify; much of his writing has an air reminiscent to that of fantastical fairy tales (Our Ancestors, Cosmicomics), although sometimes his writing is more "realistic" and in the scenic mode of observation (Difficult Loves, for example). Some of his writing has been called postmodern, reflecting on literature and the act of reading, while some has been labeled magical realist, others fables, others simply "modern". He wrote: "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."
His style is not easy to classify; much of his writing has an air reminiscent to that of fantastical fairy tales (Our Ancestors, Cosmicomics), although sometimes his writing is more "realistic" and in the scenic mode of observation (Difficult Loves, for example). Some of his writing has been called postmodern, reflecting on literature and the act of reading, while some has been labeled magical realist, others fables, others simply "modern". He wrote: "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."
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May 29, 2024
Entrevistas a lo largo de cuatro décadas (1951- 1985). Es una edición preciosa como generalmente son las de Siruela, pero esta es especialmente bella y es de la serie que viene usando la editorial para todas las reediciones de la obra de Calvino. Tuve que ir a googlear la cubierta. Es del Model Book of Caligraphy que hoy se encuentra en el Museo Getty, ilustrado por el 1600 por el artista flamengo Hoefnagel. Y el resultado es una belleza. Es tan bella que pude haber comprado cualquiera de los libros. En cuanto al texto de entrevistas a Italo Calvino, me han aburrido bastante. Creo que el tipo de entrevistas no ha sido de mi agrado, me esperaba algo similar a las de Paris Review y estas son mucho más centradas en la realidad de la época, en Italia, en la posguerra y a mi gusto, envejecieron muy mal y muy pocas entrevistas me interesaron. L Además, con lo que me entretiene la ficción de Calvino, me resultó alguien bastante aburrido, muy reservado y excesivamente medido. Me gustó mucho la entrevista sobre los cuentos de hadas y sus impresiones de Estados Unidos. Poco más.
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