Classics/modern classics > Why read the classics?
Classics/modern classics Why read the classics?
- Price: £9.99
- ISBN: 9780141189703
- Availability: Limited Stock
"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.
Title details
| Series | Classics/modern classics | Title | Why read the classics? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Italian | Language | English |
| Market | Adolescent/Adult | Level | Fluent/native speakers |
| Publication Date | October 2009 | Authors | Italo Calvino |
| Binding | Paperback | Pages | 277 |
| Size(mm) | N/A | Weight (gms) | 250 |
| ESB Code | 55336 | ISBN | 9780141189703 |
| Inspection Copy | No | Delivery | Limited Stock |
| Price | £9.99 | ||
Reviews
In order to add your own review to this title you must first log in so that we can validate your feedback.
You may also be interested in
Adam,one afternoon
By Italo Calvino
This collection of playful, deadly fables is populated with waifs and strays, a ...
Cuore The Heart of a boy
By Edmondo De Amicis
Representing the "Huckleberry Finn" of Italy, this is the most read classic in t...
Inferno
By Dante Alighieri, J.G Nichols
Dante's dramatic journey through the circles of hell in search of redemption - a...
Into the war
By Italo Calvino
Set in Italy in the summer of 1940, this trio of stories explores the relationsh...
Letters 1941-1985
By Italo Calvino
This is the first collection in English of the extraordinary letters of one of t...
Other titles in this series
Arancia meccanica
By Anthony Burgess
Alex è un eroe dei nostri tempi: un teppista sempre pronto a tirar fuori il...
Il monte Analogo
By René Daumal
Un gruppo di singolari ed esperti alpinisti, certi dell'esistenza, in qualche pa...
L'omino dei sogni
By Gianni Rodari, Anna Laura Cantone
Per Gianni Rodari, l'omino dei sogni è un piccolo suggeritore: mentre dormi...
Letters 1941-1985
By Italo Calvino
This is the first collection in English of the extraordinary letters of one of t...
Prima che il gallo canti-Il carcere-La casa in collina
By Cesare Pavese
"Il carcere" e "La casa in collina": sono i due romanzi brevi che sancirono la m...
