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At the time of his death, Italo Calvino was internationally regarded as one of Italy''s greatest twentieth century writers. His approach to literature was remarkably adventurous, and he produced a thought-provoking oeuvre. It invited readers to engage themselves with radical thoughts and philosophies, an approach lamentably scarce in contemporary global culture.

This book examines Calvino''s works of fiction in the context of the philosophical ideas he advanced in his theoretical and critical works. His was an extraordinarily versatile mind, keen on experimenting with a dazzling variety of both fiction and nonfiction forms.

The Mind of Italo Calvino

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      Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
      Publication Date: 4/20/2010 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780786447664, 978-0786447664
      ISBN10: 0786447664

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      Book Synopsis

      At the time of his death, Italo Calvino was internationally regarded as one of Italy''s greatest twentieth century writers. His approach to literature was remarkably adventurous, and he produced a thought-provoking oeuvre. It invited readers to engage themselves with radical thoughts and philosophies, an approach lamentably scarce in contemporary global culture.

      This book examines Calvino''s works of fiction in the context of the philosophical ideas he advanced in his theoretical and critical works. His was an extraordinarily versatile mind, keen on experimenting with a dazzling variety of both fiction and nonfiction forms.

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