This collection of five elegant essays by the Italian fiction writer offers an affecting self-portrait. (Nov.) Italo Calvino, read by John Lee. Tantor Media, unabridged, three CDs, 2.75 hrs., $19.99 ...

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Dothan Houston County Library System Director Chris Warren joined News4 to present June’s Chapter Chat pick. This month’s pick is If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller by Italo ...

Italo Calvino, trans. from the Italian by Ann Goldstein. Mariner Classics, $17.99 trade paper (288p) ISBN 978-0-544-14699-0 Essays, reviews, and a few letters come together in this wonderful ...

At a party in London recently, an Italian man asked me what I was working on. To my reply that I was writing a review of Italo Calvino’s nonfiction, he said the mere thought of reading Calvino gave ...