A classic is a book that has never finished what it wants t… - Italo Calvino

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A classic is a book that has never finished what it wants to say.

Italo Calvino

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About Italo Calvino

Italo Calvino (October 15, 1923 – September 19, 1985) was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. Lionized in Britain and America, he was, at the time of his death, the most-translated contemporary Italian writer.

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Alternative Names: Italo Giovanni Calvino • Italo Giovanni Calvino Mameli

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the cemetery is the home of those who are not here, come in.

Instead of making myself write the book I ought to write, the novel that was expected of me, I conjured up the book I myself would have liked to read, the sort by an unknown writer, from another age and another country, discovered in an attic.

A volte uno si crede incompleto ed è soltanto giovane.

A classic is a book that has never finished what it wants to say. - Italo Calvino

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