Author:Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino once said that he preferred to give false details about his biography since he felt that even the genuine data of a writer's life shed no light on the creative work. But this volume of posthumously collected personal writings is the closest we will ever come to the autobiography of this most private of writers. The pieces collected here range from the early 1950s to his last interview, completed just before his sudden death in 1985. Apart from providing a glimpse into his own formative experiences and evolution as an author, Calvino's autobiographical writings also examine the major events of twentieth-century history from a very personal viewpoint. This volume is full of ideas on literature and other writers, all conveyed with the author's distinctive lightness and intelligence.
Italo Calvino, one of Italy's finest postwar writers, has delighted readers around the world with his deceptively simple, fable-like stories. Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923 and raised in San Remo, Italy; he fought for the Italian Resistance from 1943-45. His major works include Cosmicomics (1968), Invisible Cities (1972), and If on a winter's night a traveler (1979). He died in Sienna in 1985.
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—— Salman RushdieA haunting and beautiful collection that deserves to be read slowly and savoured but which you won’t be able to put down.
—— Caroline Jowett , Daily ExpressMasterly… A spiritual, haunting book.
—— Francesca Angelini , Sunday TimesBurnside’s prose glitters.
—— Leyla Sanai , Independent on SundayBurnside brings a poet’s linguistic precision and emotional acuity… The writer’s deep, bloody engagement with the stuff of life can't fail to leave the reader enlivened, and keen to feel more.
—— Hannah McGill , Scotland on SundayEach [story] is a perfectly pitched, perfectly weighted gem.
—— Paul Dunn , TimesBurnside’s sentences flow with a music and logic that is inevitable yet compelling and display the keenest ear for life.
—— Ben Felsenburg , MetroThere is much familiar Burnside landscape here – the harsh beauty of dune-grass and headland, the casual and deadly knifing in the pub, the domestic violence… Magical.
—— Margaret Drabble , SpectatorFor those unacquainted with his sublimely terrifying oeuvre, this is the place to start… Violence simmers under the surface of every story, breaking out in the kind of stark detail that becomes unforgettable.
—— Stuart Kelly , GuardianJohn Burnside’s career is among the more remarkable in contemporary literature… Even his most routine stories have beauty and intelligence: he is never less than something like brilliant.
—— Robert Hanks , TelegraphExpect elegant prose to counterpoint the gritty themes.
—— Elle DecorationVery sharp, penetrating short stories; some of the best I’ve read for a while.
—— William Leith , Evening StandardThere is little that the poet, novelist and short story writer Burnside cannot turn his hand to, and this collection simply exemplifies his tremendous talent… Both disturbing and yet perfectly structure, these stories embody something of the modern condition in their glimpses of ordinary people's lives.
—— Lesley McDowell , Independent on SundayAll the customary satisfactions of Burnside's writing – anomie, menace, flashes of violence and cruelty, hallucination and snow – but multiplied.
—— Sunday TelegraphEven Burnside’s most routine stories have beauty and intelligence. He is never less than something like brilliant.
—— Daily TelegraphA tremendous collection from a writer working at the full tilt of his gifts.
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