{"product_id":"six-memos-for-the-next-millennium-9780544146679","title":"Six Memos for the Next Millennium","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"One of the most rigorously presented and beautifully illustrated critical testaments in all of literature.\"--\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A brilliant, original approach to literature, a key to Calvino's own work and a thoroughly delightful and illuminating commentary on some of the world's greatest writing.\"--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At the time of his death, Italo Calvino was at work on six lectures setting forth the qualities in writing he most valued, and which he believed would define literature in the century to come. Here, in \u003ci\u003eSix Memos for the Next Millennium\u003c\/i\u003e, are the five lectures he completed, forming not only a stirring defense of literature, but also an indispensable guide to the writings of Calvino himself. He devotes one \"memo\" each to the concepts of \u003ci\u003elightness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003equickness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eexactitude\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003evisibility\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003emultiplicity\u003c\/i\u003e, drawing examples from his vast knowledge of myth, folklore, and works both ancient and modern. Readers will be astonished by the prescience of these lectures, which have only gained in relevance as Calvino's \"next millennium\" has dawned.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/02\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780544146679\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.30w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/02\/2016\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Italo Calvino","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36638452580508,"sku":"9780544146679","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_44b83fd9-ef1b-4295-b7b8-419e5e4da4de.jpg?v=1603847321","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/six-memos-for-the-next-millennium-9780544146679","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}