Six memos for the next millennium
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Author
Contributions
- Brock, Geoffrey, 1964- translator - Contributor
Publication
2016 - Mariner Books, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
38,750 words, Guess
Page Count
155 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139780544146679
- ISBN-100544146670
- Library of Congress Control Number2016008858
- OCLC Control Number948668878
- Better World Books9780544146679
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL27215978M
Classifications
- DDC801
- LCCPN45 .C33213 2016
- LCCPN45.C33213 2016
Alternate Titles
- 6 memos for the next millennium
Description
"At the time of his death, Italo Calvino was at work on six lectures setting forth the qualities in writing he most valued, and which he believed would define literature in the century to come. Here, in Six Memos for the Next Millennium, are the five lectures he completed, forming not only a stirring defense of literature, but also an indispensable guide to the writings of Calvino himself. He devotes one "memo" each to the concepts of lightness, quickness, exactitude, visibility, and multiplicity, drawing examples from his vast knowledge of myth, folklore, and works both ancient and modern. Readers will be astonished by the prescience of these lectures, which have only gained in relevance as Calvino's "next millennium" has dawned"--
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