Penguin Books Australia

Translated and with an introduction by Martin McLaughlin

'If you have never read Cosmicomics, you have before you the most joyful reading experience of your life'  Salman Rushdie
 

Translated by Tim Parks

'Brimming with Calvino's beautifully crafted prose, dry humour and continual questioning of his own writing and memory' Observer

Translated by William Weaver

'The pleasure of these stories is intense' Sunday Telegraph

Translated by Archibald Colquhoun and revised by Martin McLaughlin

'Has the stark black-and-white quality of the classic Italian neo-realist films' The New York Times

Translated by Tim Parks

'There is true gold here . . . extraordinary' Sunday Times

Translated by Patrick Creagh

'A rather wonderful little book, full of wit and erudition' Daily Telegraph

Translated by Martin McLaughlin

'A classic book at bedtime, a seductive invitation to forgotten opportunities' The Times  

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'...