Dino Buzzati’s best works evoke the fabulism, paranoia and allegory of writers like Franz Kafka, Albert Camus and Italo Calvino.

With wearability his central mantra, Cucinelli creates clothes so classic that they operate as Italo Calvino once described classic prose: “A classic is a book that has never finished saying ...

The book alternates between a second-person perspective, which serves as you, the reader, and Italo Calvino’s book If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller.

Italo Calvino's enchanting collection of five short stories. * MUSHROOMS IN THE CITY - Marcovaldo finds mushrooms growing by the tram stop, but is dismayed to find that he isn't the only one who ...

Italo Calvino (trans. Patrick Creagh), The Uses of Literature (first published 1980; Houghton Mifflin, 1987) Italo Calvino (trans. Geoffrey Brock), Six Memos for the Next Millennium (first ...

Italo Calvino (trans. William Weaver and Ann Goldstein), Difficult Loves and Other Stories (first published 1970; Vintage Classics, 2018) ...

So, I tried to read Italo Calvino’s novel “If On A Winter’s Night A Traveler.” It was too disjointed. I gave up. Happily, The Rogue Theatre did not give up on it. Its stage adaptation is ...

Upcoming, new, and past Italo Calvino movies, TV shows, TV movies, appearances, specials, and more -- plus, a biography, news, awards, and nominations.

Holding a well-worn copy of Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities—Marco Polo’s recounting to Kublai Khan in brief prose poems about life in 55 imaginary cities all named after women—is a ...

Helen Phillips on Italo Calvino Several authors have mentioned Calvino as an inspiration over the course of these interviews. Why do you think he’s had such a profound impact?

Milan Kundera and Italo Calvino, the Czech-French and Italian writers, respectively, share more convergences in their thought processes than has been discussed. These convergences are relevant to such ...