The Uses of Literature

By Italo Calvino

Book Overview

In these widely praised essays, Calvino reflects on literature as process, the great narrative game in the course of which writer and reader are challenged to understand the world. Calvino himself made the selection of pieces to be included in this volume. Translated by Patrick Creagh. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0156932504
• ISBN13: 9780156932509
• Release Date: October 1987
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.2" x 8.1"