The Road to San Giovanni (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Penguin Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Penguin Modern Classics
Release date:	May 2009
First published:	May 2009
Authors:	Italo Calvino
Revised by:	Martin McLaughlin
Translators:	Tim Parks
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	112
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-118971-0
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	Italian
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-14-118971-1
Barcode:	9780141189710

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