Hermit in Paris: Autobiographical Writings

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Hermit in Paris: Autobiographical Writings

Name: Hermit in Paris: Autobiographical Writings
ISBN: 9780307426222

Italo Calvino

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From one of modern literature’s most captivating and elusive masters comes a posthumous volume of thoughtful, elegant, and quick-witted autobiographical writings, all previously unpublished in English. Here is Italo Calvino paying homage to his literary influences and tracing the evolution of his signature style. Here are his reminiscences of Italy’s antifascist resistance and the frenzy of politics and ideas of the postwar era. The longest and most delightfully revealing section of the book is Calvino’s diary of his travels in the United States in 1959 and 1960, which show him marveling at color TV, wrinkling his nose at the Beats, and reeling at the outpouring of racial hatred attending a civil rights demonstration in Alabama. Overflowing with insight and amusement, Hermit in Paris is an invaluable addition to the Calvino legacy.

Categories:

Fiction

Year:

2004

Publisher:

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Language:

english

ISBN 10:

030742622X

ISBN 13:

9780307426222