SurfWax News Index  |  Track News  |  Save/Exchange Information |  About Us News and Articles on Italo Calvino Food, Inglorious Food  Jul 18, 2009 If a great Vance book "had the name Italo Calvino on it, or just a foreign name, it would be received as a profound meditation," says novelist Michael Chabon. The article's author asserts, "Vance worked exclusively in adolescent genres, if under that heading we include the transformative experience of falling in love for the first time with a beautiful sentence.". (Slate) Tribute to artist, Tyeb Mehta  Jul 4, 2009 His shelves are lined with books of varied weight,from Marcel Du Champ to Marx's Manifesto, Tyeb Mehta is content to go back in time, talk about his favourite author Italo Calvino and his book Six Memos for the Next Millennium as well as his artistic odyssey. Excerpts. (India Times) Six Memos For the Next Millennium  May 9, 2009 Italo Calvino's ideas on rhetorical philosophy and literary theory. Italo Calvino's lectures on his hope for the future of literature show a deep understanding of both its changing and persistent qualities. (Suite101.com) Poll reveals UK's reading secrets  Mar 6, 2009 Francesca Simon, author of the Horrid Henry children's books recalled: "An Oxford don asked me if I knew Italo Calvino. "I said yes, meaning I'd heard of him, but she meant, 'What had I read. The conversation degenerated from there. (BBC News -- Entertainment) Back to Authors News [ Terms Of Use | Privacy | About ] ©1998-2009 SurfWax, Inc. All rights reserved. Patents pending. Copyright SurfWax, Inc. 2009