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Novel Quotes by Italo Calvino
- Everything has already begun before, the first line of the first page of every novel refers to something that has already happened outside the book.
- Novels as dull as dishwater, with the grease of random sentiments floating on top.
- The things that the novel does not say are necessarily more numerous than those it does say and only a special halo around what is…
- You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino's new novel, If on a winter's night a traveler.
- The novels that attract me most... are those that create an illusion of transperancy around a knot of human relationships as obscure, cruel and perverse…
- You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino's new novel, If on a winter's night a traveler. Relax. Concentrate. Dispel every other thought. Let the…
- How much energy is wasted in Italy in trying to write the novel that obeys all the rules. The energy might have been useful to…
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