Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino was an Italian author whose later metafictional works Invisible Cities and If on a winter's night a traveler are works of profound speculative imagination. Cosmicomics depicts the universe's history through the voice of a being who was present at the Big Bang. His work deeply influenced literary science fiction and magical realism.
Works
- If on a Winter's Night a TravelerMetafictional novel where reader is protagonist interrupted by ten different narratives
- Invisible CitiesCollection of prose poems describing impossible cities through traveler's conversations
- The Baron in the TreesNovel of 18th century nobleman spending life in trees, avoiding society below
- CosmicomicsCollection of fanciful scientific fantasias narrated by Qfwfq, being of infinite ages
- The Path to the Spiders' NestsNovella about resistance fighters hiding in Italian woods during Nazi occupation
- Mr. PalomarFragmentary novel of detached observer wandering city streets and beaches aimlessly
- Six Memos for the Next MillenniumEssays on literature and storytelling exploring learnability, quickness, visibility, multiplicity
- The Uses of LiteratureCollection of essays analyzing literature's uses and functions in modern culture