Six Memos for the Next Millennium

Discover Italo Calvino's insightful collection, 'Six Memos for the Next Millennium,' which offers a profound exploration of literary virtues. This paperback edition, published by Penguin UK in 2016, encapsulates Calvino's unfinished Norton lectures, delivering rich themes of Lightness, Quickness, Multiplicity, Exactitude, and Visibility. Delve into his curious blend of serious and playful essays that reflect on the essence of great literature, guiding future generations while drawing from timeless comic strips and folktales. With 176 pages of captivating prose, this book serves as the perfect companion for students, literature enthusiasts, and creative thinkers alike. Whether you're looking to enhance your understanding of literature or seeking inspiration for your writing, Calvino's reflections will resonate deeply. Plus, enjoy FREE shipping on this essential read! Immerse yourself in the legacy of a literary giant and enrich your bookshelf with 'Six Memos for the Next Millennium' today!

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780241275955
Format: B-format paperback
Year: 2016
Publisher: Penguin UK
Pages: 176


Description:
Italo Calvino was due to deliver the Charles Eliot Norton lectures at Harvard in 1985-86, but they were left unfinished at his death. The surviving drafts explore of the concepts of Lightness, Quickness, Multiplicity, Exactitude and Visibility (Constancy was to be the sixth) in serious yet playful essays that reveal Calvino's debt to the comic strip and the folktale. With his customary imagination and grace, he sought to define the virtues of the great literature of the past in order to shape the values of the future. This collection is a brilliant precis of the work of a great writer whose legacy will endure through the millennium he addressed.

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