The Road to San Giovanni, Italo Calvino
The Road to San Giovanni, Italo Calvino
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The Road to San Giovanni

Author: Italo Calvino

Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini

Unabridged: 3 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/16/2017

Categories: Fiction, Classic


Synopsis

“In each other’s presence we became mute, would walk in silence side by side along the road to San Giovanni. To my father’s mind, words must serve as confirmations of things, and as signs of possession; to mine, they were foretastes of things barely glimpsed, not possessed, presumed.”—from The Road to San Giovanni

In these autobiographical essays, published after Italo Calvino’s death, the intellectually vibrant writer not only reflects on his own past, but also inquires into the very workings of memory itself. From the title essay’s lyrical evocation of the author’s relationship with his father, and a charming account of teenage
years spent in the glow of the cinema screen, to Calvino’s reminiscences of his experiences in the Italian Resistance during World War II and of his years in Paris, to his declaration of purpose as a writer in the final essay’s visionary fragments, these five “memory exercises” are heartfelt, affecting, and wise.

"Brimming with Calvino’s beautifully crafted prose, dry humor, and continual questioning … Calvino has been very well served by his translator, Tim Parks."—Observer

About Italo Calvino

Italo Calvino (1923-1985) was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. His best known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy, the short story collection Cosmicomics, and the novels Invisible Cities and If on a Winter's Night a Traveler. He received numerous awards for his work, including the Riccione Prize and the Saint-Vincent Prize. Lionized in Britain and the United States, he was the most-translated contemporary Italian writer at the time of his death, and a noted contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature.


Reviews

Goodreads review by صان

نمیدونم کالوینو کمی پیچیده‌نویسی، (شاید کمی انتزاعی؟) داره یا ترجمه بد بود. اما‌ در کل بخش‌هایی از کتاب و نوشته‌ها برای من گنگ بود. مخصوصا فصل آخر که می‌تونم بگم تقریبا از کل اون صفحات در حد یک پاراگراف فهمیدم. فصلی پر‌ از تصویر که بیشتر شبیه یک شعر بود، که خود متن چیزی به من نمی‌داد، از‌ بس پیچیده......more

Goodreads review by Bina

I spent the better half of last weekend on the beach reading this book, which was left behind in the house where I was staying. It consists of a series of provocative vignettes that approach memoir, or "memory exercises" as Calvino called them. I re-read many of the masterful sentences in this colle......more