Road to San Giovanni (ePub)
(Sprache: Englisch)
From the Italian author, personal essays featuring his relationship with his father, his love of movies, and fighting fascism during World War II.
"In each other's presence we became mute, would walk in silence side by side along the road to San...
"In each other's presence we became mute, would walk in silence side by side along the road to San...
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From the Italian author, personal essays featuring his relationship with his father, his love of movies, and fighting fascism during World War II.
"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.
Praise for The Road to San Giovanni
"Brimming with Calvino's beautifully crafted prose, dry humor, and continual questioning . . . Calvino has been very well served by his translator, Tim Parks." -Observer
"In five elegant "memory exercises" written between 1962 and 1977, Italian fiction writer Calvino (1923-85) presents an affecting self-portrait and offers indirect insights into how he conjured up his imaginary worlds . . . . This sparkling translation concludes with Calvino's lyric, metaphorical, highly elliptical description of his creative process." -Publishers Weekly
"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.
Praise for The Road to San Giovanni
"Brimming with Calvino's beautifully crafted prose, dry humor, and continual questioning . . . Calvino has been very well served by his translator, Tim Parks." -Observer
"In five elegant "memory exercises" written between 1962 and 1977, Italian fiction writer Calvino (1923-85) presents an affecting self-portrait and offers indirect insights into how he conjured up his imaginary worlds . . . . This sparkling translation concludes with Calvino's lyric, metaphorical, highly elliptical description of his creative process." -Publishers Weekly
Autoren-Porträt von Italo Calvino
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. Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Italo Calvino
- 2014, 288 Seiten, Englisch
- Übersetzer: Tim Parks
- Verlag: HMH Books
- ISBN-10: 0544230973
- ISBN-13: 9780544230972
- Erscheinungsdatum: 16.12.2014
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