The Road to San Giovanni
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (563 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B072Q1RZ5X |
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| Number of Pages | : | 472 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
These reflections on the nature of memory itself are engaging, witty, and lit through with Calvino's alchemical brilliance.. In five elegant autobiographical meditations Calvino delves into his past, remembering awkward childhood walks with his father, a lifelong obsession with the cinema, and fighting in the Italian Resistance against the Fascists. He also muses on the social contracts, language, and sensations associated with emptying the kitchen rubbish and the shape he would, if asked, consider the world