Why Read the Classics?
Author: Calvino, Italo
ISBN: 9780141189703
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 30 Jun 2009
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback / softback
New to Penguin Modern Classics
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 UK
Year first published: 30 Jun 2009
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback / softback
New to Penguin Modern Classics
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.
