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Why read the classics?
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- Book Synopsis
- Why Read the Classics? is an elegant defence of the value of great literature by one of the finest authors of the last century. Beginning with an essay on the attributes that define a classic (number one - classics are those books that people always say they are 'rereading', not 'reading'), this is an absorbing collection of Italo Calvino's witty and passionate criticism.
- About The Author
- Italo Calvino (1923-1985), one of Italy's finest postwar writers, has delighted readers around the world with his deceptively simple, fable-like stories. Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923 and raised in San Remo, Italy; he fought for the Italian Resistance from 1943-45. His major works include Cosmicomics (1968), Invisible Cities (1972), and If on a winter's night a traveler (1979). He died in Siena in 1985.
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- ISBN
- 9780141189703
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics, (28 May 2009)
- Number of Pages
- 277
- Weight
- 206 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 128 x 18 mm
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