- Essays, History and criticism, Literary Criticism, Literary style
"Six memos for the Next Millenium" is a collection of five lectures Italo Calvino was about to deliver at the time of his death. Here is his legacy to us: the universal values he pinpoints become the watch-words for out appreciation of Calvino himself.
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Character
Spare, character-led, prestige and intimate.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Italo Calvino
- First published
- 1988
- Pages
- 124
- Publisher
- Vintage Books, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Vintage
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- Italian, English
- ISBN
- 9780679742371
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Italo Calvino (Santiago de Las Vegas de La Habana, 15 ottobre 1923 – Siena, 19 settembre 1985) è stato uno scrittore e paroliere italiano. Intellettuale di grande impegno politico, civile e culturale, è stato uno dei narratori italiani più importanti del secondo Novecento. I numerosi campi d'interesse toccati dal suo percorso letterario sono meditati e raccontati attraverso capolavori quali la trilogia de *I nostri antenati, Marcovaldo, Le cosmicomiche, Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore,* uniti dal filo conduttore della riflessione sulla storia e la società contemporanea. ---------- Italo Calvino (Italian: [ˈiːtalo kalˈviːno]; 15 October 1923 – 19 September 1985) was an Italian journalis
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