The Written World and the Unwritten W..., Italo Calvino
The Written World and the Unwritten W..., Italo Calvino
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The Written World and the Unwritten World
Essays

Author: Italo Calvino

Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini

Unabridged: 8 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/31/2023

Categories: Fiction, Classic


Synopsis

A rich collection of essays offering an extraordinary global view of Calvino’s approach to writing, reading, and interpreting literature.

An extraordinary collection of essays, forewords, articles, and interviews, The Written World and the Unwritten World displays the remarkable intelligence and razor-sharp wit of prolific Italian writer Italo Calvino as he explores the meaning of literature in a rapidly changing world. From classics to
contemporary literature, from tradition to the avant-garde, Calvino masterfully explores reading, writing, and translating through careful and illuminating discussion of the works of Bakhtin, Brecht, Cortázar, Thomas Mann, Octavio Paz, Georges Perec, Salman Rushdie, Gore Vidal, and more. Drawn
from Mondo scritto e mondo non scritto (2002), Sulla fiaba (1988), and other uncollected essays, this volume of previously untranslated work—now rendered in English by acclaimed translator Ann Goldstein—is a major statement in literary criticism.

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 Francesca on December 11, 2018

"La nostra civiltà si basa sulla molteplicità dei libri; la verità si trova solo inseguendo la dalle pagine d'un volume a quelle d'un altro volume, come una farfalla dalle ali variegate che si nutre di linguaggi diversi, di confronti, di contraddizioni."......more

Goodreads review by J Earl on October 12, 2022

The Written World and the Unwritten World, by Italo Calvino and translated by Ann Goldstein, is a wonderful collection of what they are collectively calling essays. Some are more like notes and commentary, but it doesn't matter, this is a fascinating glimpse into Calvino's thinking. There are very fe......more

Goodreads review by Spatoliforme on November 12, 2019

"(Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore) Ho cominciato immaginandomi tutti i tipi di romanzo che non scriverò mai; poi ho tentato di scriverli, di evocare all'interno di me stesso l'energia creativa di dieci diversi romanzieri immaginari..... scriviamo quello che non sappiamo: scriviamo per rendere......more

Goodreads review by Erwin on June 22, 2015

Eu fiquei com a impressão que alguns dos textos são prescindíveis, ou com algum interesse apenas para os especialistas. No mais, o livro é um primor na escrita e na originalidade. Aliás, como sempre. Só se espera coisas boas vindo daquele armazém de ideias.......more

Goodreads review by martina on November 11, 2021

Calvino non delude mai. Questa raccolta di suoi scritti, misti tra saggistica, periodici e lettere, è davvero una piccola gemma.......more