Why Read The Classics?
Author: Calvino, Italo
ISBN: 9780141189703
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2009
Pages: 288
Dimensions: 196mm x 129mm x 17mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
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.
ISBN: 9780141189703
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2009
Pages: 288
Dimensions: 196mm x 129mm x 17mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
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.
