The Road to San Giovanni - Couverture rigide

Calvino, Italo

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0679415238 ISBN 13 : 9780679415237

Editeur : Pantheon Books, 1993

Synopsis

Book by Italo Calvino

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Italo Calvino, one of Italy's finest postwar writers, has delighted readers around the world with his deceptively simple, fable-like stories. He was born in Cuba in 1923 and raised in San Remo, Italy; he fought for the Italian Resistance from 1943-45. His major works include Cosmicomics (1968), Invisible Cities (1972), and If on a winter's night a traveler (1979). He died in Siena in 1985.Tim Parks was born in Manchester in 1954, studied at Cambridge and Harvard, and moved to Italy in 1980, where he lectures on literary translation in Milan. His translations from the Italian include works by Alberto Moravia, Italo Calvino, Roberto Calasso and Antonio Tabucchi. His most recent novels are Europa and Destiny, while his non-fiction encompasses a collection of essays, Adultery and Other Diversions, and an academic work, Translating Style. His account of provincial life in Italy, Italian Neighbours, was an international bestseller.

Présentation de l'éditeur

This major testament by Italo Calvino is composed of of five strikingly elegant "memory exercises" about his life and work. The title piece, "The Road to San Giovanni," poignantly evokes his childhood home. "A Cinema-Goer's Autobiography" tells of his adolescence, when he was riveted by American films starring Gary COoper, Clark Gable, and others. "Memories of a Battle" is at once a reminiscence of his experience ina  partisan unit during World War II and a reflection on the rolse of real and imagined memories. "La Poubelle Agréée" is a Parisian set piece, and "From the Opaque" is essentially his writer's credo.

In The Road to San Giovanni, brilliantly translated by Tim Parks, the originality, grace, wit, and wisdom that we have come to associate with Calvino are everywhere on display.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Pantheon Books
• Date d'édition: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0679415238
• ISBN 13: 9780679415237
• Reliure: Relié