Why Read the Classics? - Paperback

by Italo Calvino (Author)

A posthumously published collection of thirty-six essays offering Italo Calvino's invigorating and illuminating analysis of his most treasured literary classics.

Author Biography

ITALO CALVINO's superb storytelling gifts earned him international renown and a reputation as "one of the world's best fabulists" (New York Times Book Review). At the time of his death in 1985, he was the most translated contemporary Italian writer.