The name Italo Calvino may not ring as familiar to the present generation as it did to their parents, but that may soon change. The renowned Italian writer, political activist, and journalist, who died in 1985 at the height of his fame, produced a prodigious body of work, yet some of it is only now appearing in English translation for the first time.
Calvino dabbled in a wide range of fiction as well as non-fiction. His work ranged from the fantastical ‘Cosmicomics‘ series (the very definition of ‘genre-bending’) to a variety of stylized novels, short stories, and even folktales. He dabbled in literary analysis and wrote essays on politics, travel, and much more.
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