Interview with Gore Vidal on Italo Calvino
Really interesting interview, that outlines how Calvino was received in the world of literature.
- The Ants took literary world by storm
- Everybody who knew Calvino admired him
- Calvino was not at all Political
- Where Calvino was, there was literature
- Each language had their own character in his writing, he shaped their language
- Italo looked at everything carefully, figuring out why things worked (inquisitive nature, inherited from Botanist parents/upbringing?)
- Learnt agricultural skills from parents, who were scientists. Had a great knowledge of flora in his local area.
Bookmark Interview with Italo Calvino
This interview was really useful to me in terms of understanding who Calvino was as a person, and the environment in which he grew up, and does his work.
- If on a winter's night a traveller - from page one the reader is aware that something strange is happening. A novel that keeps starting?
- Unmistakeable tone, changes from one book to the next.
- Each of his works are "untranslatable" (Relating back to idea of each language having their own character)
- "Calvino was a juggler, an alchemist"
- Calvino grew up in San Ramo, Italy, and he had little taste for it's seafront vulgarity.
Stills from the documentary that have inspired me visually
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