The Literature Machine: Essays by Italo Calvino

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Also published as The Uses of Literature.

This is a collection of essays by the Italian essayist and journalist. His work often seeks to confront the role of reader, author and character and question the form of each in order to explore new literary possibilities.

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It all began with the first storyteller of the tribe.

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Italo Calvino (Author)

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Patrick Creagh (Translator)

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Original Language: Italian
Publisher: Secker and Warburg
Country: England, UK
Publication Date: 1987
ISBN: 0436082764
Page Count: vi, 341

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Library of Congress: PN775 .C28 1987
Dewey: 809

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Books › Nonfiction › Foreign Language Nonfiction › Italian
Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism

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