QUOTES WITH «CALVINO»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
Calvino.
I have for a long time loved fabulist, imaginative fiction, such as the writing of Italo Calvino, Jose Saramago, Michael Bulgakov, and Salman Rushdie. I also like the magic realist writers, such as Borges and Marquez, and feel that interesting truths can be learned about our world by exploring highly distorted worlds.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CALVINO»
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Calvino in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Calvino and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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If on a winter's night a traveler
Italo Calvino imagines a novel capable of endless mutations in this intricately crafted story about writing and readers.
2
Six Memos for the Next Millennium
This collection is a brilliant précis of the work of a great writer whose legacy will endure through the millennium he addressed.
Imaginary conversations between Marco Polo and his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan, conjure up cities of magical times. “Of all tasks, describing the contents of a book is the most difficult and in the case of a marvelous invention ...
4
Italo
Calvino: a Journey toward Postmodernism
"Markey emphasizes the coherence of Calvino's literary production and convincingly and carefully argues that postmodernism—first latent and then increasingly (and exasperatingly) overt—is Calvino's essential muse."—Wiley Feinstein, ...
5
Understanding Italo
Calvino
Highlights Calvino's fascination with folk tales, knights, social & political allegories, & science fiction.
6
Mapping Complexity: Literature and Science in the Works of ...
This book presents an analysis of the dialogue of literature and science that forms a central part of the work of Italo Calvino, one of Italy's best known contemporary authors.
Mr Palomar is a delightful eccentric whose chief activity is looking at things.
Enchanting stories about the evolution of the universe, with characters that are fashioned from mathematical formulae and cellular structures. “Naturally, we were all there, - old Qfwfq said, - where else could we have been?
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Image, Eye and Art in
Calvino: Writing Visibility
In this volume twenty international Calvino experts, including Barenghi, Battistini, Belpoliti, Hofstadter, Ricci, Scarpa and others, consider the many facets of the interplay between the visual and textual in Calvinos works, from the use ...
Birgitte Grundtvig, Martin L. McLaughlin, Lene Waage Petersen, 2007
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Why Read the Classics?
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 ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CALVINO»
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Calvino is used in the context of the following news items.
L CON Announces New 7-Inch Ahead of Upcoming LP
The album is based on Italo Calvino's 1965 short story collection Cosmicomics, and an announcement promises that the sounds are "equally ... «Exclaim!, Jul 15»
Catapults v. Curtains -- Girl Books and Boy Books
... into my husband's book bag, and I saw a little stack of Murakami, Marquez and because he's a cerebral guy as well a smattering of Calvino. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
Irreverent Cuban movie promises zombie revolution
“Clearly, it is a very small budget for an international zombie movie,” said Claudia Calvino, the film's 27-year-old Cuban co-producer. “But that's ... «Alton Telegraph, Jul 15»
Stephen King to Marian Keyes: We know what you'll read this summer
Holiday classic I'll never forget reading Italo Calvino's classic Baron In The Trees. I was 21 and appearing as Miranda in The Tempest at the ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
The recession of words
Inspired by Italo Calvino's short story, Adventures of a Married Couple, the film stars Ritwick Chakraborty and Basabdatta Chatterjee who play ... «Mid-Day, Jul 15»
Milan Kundera's The Festival Of Insignificance
If you like this, read: Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino (Vintage, 1974, $17.05, Books Kinokuniya), another slim but incredibly rich collection of ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
Doctor Who: The Drosten's Curse by AL Kennedy, book review
... though they might start with Steven Hall's excellent audio-drama, A Death In The Family, a kind of Doctor Who as if rewritten by Italo Calvino. «The Independent, Jul 15»
Anthony Doerr: By the Book
What books do you find yourself returning to again and again? “Moby-Dick”; Anne Carson's “Autobiography of Red”; Calvino's “Invisible Cities”; ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
Aspen Music Festival and School welcomes students, opens season
Fletcher also has composed a new piece, inspired by the Italo Calvino novel, “If on a winter's night a traveler,” set for its debut July 10 in the ... «Aspen Times, Jul 15»
Recently reviewed restaurants: 7-02
○Calvino's Restaurant and Wine Bar, 3143 W. Central Ave., combines Mediterranean with Italian, and throws in a wine bar — yet the mix ... «Toledo Blade, Jul 15»
