The Written World and the Unwritten World: Essays

by Italo Calvino Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

Overview

A rich collection of essays offering an extraordinary global view of Calvino's approach to writing, reading, and interpreting literature.
An extraordinary collection of essays, forewords, articles, and interviews, The Written World and the Unwritten World displays the remarkable intelligence and razor-sharp wit of prolific Italian writer Italo Calvino as he explores the meaning of literature in a rapidly changing world. From classics to
contemporary literature, from tradition to the avant-garde, Calvino masterfully explores reading, writing, and translating through careful and illuminating discussion of the works of Bakhtin, Brecht, Cortázar, Thomas Mann, Octavio Paz, Georges Perec, Salman Rushdie, Gore Vidal, and more. Drawn
from Mondo scritto e mondo non scritto (2002), Sulla fiaba (1988), and other uncollected essays, this volume of previously untranslated work-now rendered in English by acclaimed translator Ann Goldstein-is a major statement in literary criticism.

Editorial Reviews

AUGUST 2023 - AudioFile

The protean Ballerini brings his fine voice, masterful tempo, and impeccable Italian to this audiobook. His voice, delivery, and simpatico sensibilities for the late Italo Calvino give this collection a sense of a celebration of the novelist/essayist/folklorist's reviews, essays, and other literary offerings. Calvino, who died in the 1980s, lives in these nonfiction works. Ballerini gets Calvino's rhythms and the workings of his fascinating mind. He appreciates the author's enthusiasm for folk tales and for Rabelais, Boccaccio, and Cervantes. Also, he captures the critical frame of mind in his evaluations of twentieth-century writers and thinkers ranging from George Santayana and José Ortega Y Gasset to William Faulkner and many, many Italian writers. Some, like Alberto Moravia and Primo Levi, are known outside of Italy, and others are not. A.D.M. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

AudioFile

Ballerini brings his fine voice, masterful tempo, and impeccable Italian to this audiobook. His voice, delivery, and simpatico sensibilities for the late Italo Calvino give this collection a sense of a celebration of the novelist, essayist, and folklorist’s reviews, essays, and other literary offerings…Ballerini gets Calvino’s rhythms and the workings of his fascinating mind. He appreciates the author’s enthusiasm for folk tales and for Rabelais, Boccaccio, and Cervantes. Also, he captures the critical frame of mind in his evaluations of twentieth-century writers and thinkers.”

AUGUST 2023 - AudioFile

The protean Ballerini brings his fine voice, masterful tempo, and impeccable Italian to this audiobook. His voice, delivery, and simpatico sensibilities for the late Italo Calvino give this collection a sense of a celebration of the novelist/essayist/folklorist's reviews, essays, and other literary offerings. Calvino, who died in the 1980s, lives in these nonfiction works. Ballerini gets Calvino's rhythms and the workings of his fascinating mind. He appreciates the author's enthusiasm for folk tales and for Rabelais, Boccaccio, and Cervantes. Also, he captures the critical frame of mind in his evaluations of twentieth-century writers and thinkers ranging from George Santayana and José Ortega Y Gasset to William Faulkner and many, many Italian writers. Some, like Alberto Moravia and Primo Levi, are known outside of Italy, and others are not. A.D.M. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940172727993
Publisher:	Recorded Books, LLC
Publication date:	01/31/2023
Edition description:	Unabridged

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