A collection of five autobiographical essays by one of the masters of Italian literature

In these five elegant autobiographical meditations Italo Calvino delves into his past, remembering awkward childhood walks with his father, a lifelong obsession with the cinema and fighting in the Italian Resistance against the FascistsHe also muses on the social contracts, language and sensations associated with emptying the kitchen rubbish and the shape he would, if asked, consider the world. These reflections on the nature of memory itself are engaging, witty, and lit through with Calvino''s alchemical brilliance.

Translated from the Italian by Tim Parks

Format Häftad Omfång 112 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Penguin Books Ltd Utgivningsdatum 2009-05-28 ISBN 9780141189710