Italo Calvino’s Complete Cosmicomics thrives on the tension between ideas and art. Italo Calvino Michael Wood begins his introduction to Italo Calvino’s Letters: 1941–1985 with a kind of disclaimer: ...
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This collection of five elegant essays by the Italian fiction writer offers an affecting self-portrait. (Nov.) Italo Calvino, read by John Lee. Tantor Media, unabridged, three CDs, 2.75 hrs., $19.99 ...
Reviewed by Seth Satterlee. Nearly 50 years after the publication of the original Cosmicomics, Calvino's 34 connected tales%E2%80%94spanning three separate ...
Italo Calvino has a habit that's hard not to find disconcerting. Halfway through a story, or even a few sentences in, he often pauses — briefly, glibly — to mention in passing that everything he has ...
Director Rudy Ramirez blames romance for the spark of this fantastic idea: Turning Italo Calvino's classic collection of stories into an aerial performance. "It started because I gave a copy of the ...
NEW YORK — William Weaver, whose translations of works by modern masters such as Italo Calvino, Umberto Eco, and Primo Levi helped lift Italian literature to prominence among readers of English, died ...
From April 17 to 29, New Stage Theatre Company, under the direction of Ildiko Nemeth, will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a re-staging of its 2014 production "Cosmicomics," derived from the ...
Mezzacappa's new sextet was inspired by stories from the late Italian writer. Cosmicomics is alive with slippery music, light-touch humor and sounds that curve through time and space. This is FRESH ...