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The Uses of Literature

Written by: Italo Calvino
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
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In these widely praised essays, Calvino reflects on literature as process, the great narrative game in the course of which writer and reader are challenged to understand the world. Calvino himself made the selection of pieces to be included in this volume.

©1980, 1982 Giulio Einaudi Editore, S.p.A., Torino / English translation ©1986 by Harcourt Brace & Company (P)2024 Recorded Books, Inc.

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