Edoardo Ballerini
Author
Series
Charles Eliot Norton lectures volume 1985-1986
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
1988
Physical Desc
124 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"One of the most rigorously presented and beautifully illustrated critical testaments in all of literature."-Boston Globe "A brilliant, original approach to literature, a key to Calvino's own work and a thoroughly delightful and illuminating commentary on some of the world's greatest writing."-San Francisco Chronicle At the time of his death, Italo Calvino was at work on six lectures setting forth the qualities in writing he most valued, and which...
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
c1980
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxxii, 763 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Chosen as one of the New York Times's ten best books in the year of its original publication, this collection immediately won a cherished place among lovers of the tale and vaulted Calvino into the ranks of the great folklorists. Introduction by the Author illustrations. Translated by George Martin. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book.