Why Read the Classics is an elegant defence of the value of great literature by one of the finest authors of the last century. Beginning with an essay on the attributes that define a classic (number one - classics are those books that people always say they are'rereading',not'reading'),this is an absorbing collection of Italo Calvino's witty and passionate criticism.
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Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780141189703Number of pages: 288Weight: 213 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 16 mm
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Enthusiasm and intelligence: these are the essential qualities of the critic. Calvino,himself a novelist of rare quality,possessed both generously. This is a book to read for itself,and also because it will send you back to other books to read,either again in a new way,or for the first time... SuperbThis volume itself is a classic book at bedtime,a seductive invitation to forgotten opportunities or rereadingA master's guidance on everything from the ancient Greeks to Ernest Hemingway,proving that "a classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say."This timeless description applies to Calvino's own books too
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