num_pages: 255
description: Italo calvino once said that he preferred to give false details about his biography since he felt that even the genuine data of a writers life shed no light on the creative work but this volume of posthumously collected personal writings is the closest we will ever come to the autobiography of this most private of writers the pieces collected here range from the early 1950s to his last interview, completed just before his sudden death in 1985 apart from shedding light on his own formative experiences and evolution as an author, calvinos autobiographical writings also examine the major events of twentieth-century history from a very personal viewpoint this volume is, as ever, full of ideas on literature and other writers, all conveyed with the authors distinctive lightness and intelligence (2003-04-02)
language: English
title: Hermit in Paris: Autobiographical Writings
titlecomplete: Hermit in Paris: Autobiographical Writings
genres: Biography, France, Italy, Memoir, Nonfiction, Essays, Autobiography, Biography Memoir, Italian Literature, History
ratings_count: 734
publisher: Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random