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'Enthusiasm and intelligence: these are the essential qualities of the critic. Calvino, himself a novelist of rare quality, possessed both generously. This is a book to read for itself, and also because it will send you back to other books to read, either again in a new way, or for the first time... Superb' Daily Telegraph 'This volume itself is a classic book at bedtime, a seductive invitation to forgotten opportunities or rereading' The Times
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Why Read the Classics? is an elegant defence of the value of great literature by one of the finest authors of the last century. Beginning with an essay on the attributes that define a classic (number one - classics are those books that people always say they are 'rereading', not 'reading'), this is an absorbing collection of Italo Calvino's witty and passionate criticism.
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18 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you have read a bit of Calvino then you will know enough to trust the title. If you have ever been in a book shop and not known what book to buy, this should be your guide. If intelligence were rated on ones ability to perceive the same thing in different ways, then reading the classics (after reading this book) will provide that intelligence.
6 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As always, Calvino's writing is elegant--witty on the surface and introspective below it. And rather than merely answering the self-imposed question, he gives us a luring introduction to books and authors we haven't read, and a nourishing encouragement to read anew those we have. Thus, his answer is intuitive and engrossing, lacking only in more non-Western examples.
6 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Beautifully produced and filled with Calvino's calm, yet amusing, insights into his selection of classics.
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