Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino (1923–1985) was an Italian writer and novelist. His works include The Road to San Giovanni, If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, Invisible Cities, Marcovaldo, and Mr. Palomar.
From the Review
October 8, 1987: How They Got Galileo
Galileo: Heretic (Galileo Eretico) by Pietro Redondi
October 9, 1986: Why Read the Classics?
May 12, 1983: The Written and the Unwritten Word
September 23, 1971: Imprisoned Spanish Writer (letter)
May 6, 1971: An Open Letter to Fidel Castro (letter)
From New York Review Books
 | That Awful Mess on the Via Merulana The modernist masterpiece of Italian literature and the most metaphysical of all metaphysical detective stories investigates a brutal murder and the ultimate impossibility of ever establishing the truth. |