{"product_id":"six-memos-for-the-next-italo-calvino-9780544146679","title":"Six Memos for the Next Millennium","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eItalo Calvino's brilliant reflection on what makes great literature, from the classics to more contemporary works, punctuated with personal details about Calvino's own writing processes.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the time of his death, Italo Calvino was at work on six lectures setting forth the qualities in writing he most valued, and which he believed would define literature in the century to come. Here, in \u003cem\u003eSix Memos for the Next Millennium, \u003c\/em\u003e are the five lectures he completed, forming not only a stirring defense of literature, but also an indispensable guide to the writings of Calvino himself. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCalvino devotes one \"memo\" each to the concepts of lightness, quickness, exactitude, visibility, and multiplicity, drawing examples from his vast knowledge of myth, folklore, and works both ancient and modern. Readers will be astonished by the prescience of these lectures, which have only gained in relevance as Calvino's \"next millennium\" has dawned.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Italo Calvino\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0544146670\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780544146679\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/02\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.30w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/02\/2016","brand":"Italo Calvino","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052160971007,"sku":"9780544146679","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_32b8b819-adc0-4d7b-acc1-e807a63d6ddc.jpg?v=1685017287","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/six-memos-for-the-next-italo-calvino-9780544146679","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}