The Hermit in Paris: Autobiographical Writings.
New York: Knopf, 2003. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine copy in a Fine, unclipped dust jacket. From one of modern literature’s most captivating and elusive masters comes a posthumous volume of thoughtful, elegant, and quick-witted autobiographical writings, all previously unpublished in English. Here is Italo Calvino paying homage to his literary influences and tracing the evolution of his signature style. Here are his reminiscences of Italy’s antifascist resistance and the frenzy of politics and ideas of the postwar era. The nineteen autobiographical essays in this collection shed a fresh and penetrating light on the life of Italo Calvino. Item #29456
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