Why read classics

Author: Italo Calvino
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: The edition of "Why Read the Classics?" was edited by Esther Calvino and published by Mondadori in the "Ithalo Calvino's Books" series. In addition to the article that gave the book its title, this posthumously published collection includes thirty-five articles, most of which were written in the 1970s and 1980s (only four were from the 1950s, and two from the 1960s), discussing writers who held significant importance for Calvino to varying degrees, or who inspired his admiration—from Homer to Geno.