Italo Calvino

The difference between life and literature; the good intentions of holiday reading; the avante-garde; the fate of the novel; the fantastical; the art of translation: these are just some of the ideas in The Written World and the Unwritten World. A collection of essays, articles, interviews, correspon....

Prezentujemy nigdy dotąd niewydany w Polsce tom opowiadań Itala Calvina w przekładzie Anny Wasilewskiej. Zbiór zawiera cykl trzynastu utworów pisanych w latach 1949-1967. I tak jak tytuł tomu "Trudne miłości" jest zwodniczy i przewrotny, tak i słowo "przygoda", którym zaczyna się tytuł każdego z op....

In Invisible Cities Marco Polo conjures up cities of magical times for his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan, but gradually it becomes clear that he is actually describing one city: Venice. As Gore Vidal wrote 'Of all tasks, describing the contents of a book is the most difficult and in the case o....

'I can think of no finer writer to have beside me while Italy explodes, Britain burns, while the world ends' Salman RushdieFrom the age of twelve, the Baron Cosimo Piovasco di Rondo makes his home among ash, elm, magnolia, plum and almond, living up in the trees. He walks through paths made from t....