Ian Thomson

Italo Calvino’s essays, Collection of Sand, is a brainy delight

Maxima in minimis — for the author the smallest facts are the most significant

Death of Sardanapalus, Eugene Delacroix, 1827 (Picture: The Art Archive / DeA Picture Library / J. E. Bulloz)
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  • Collection of Sand: Essays

    Italo Calvino translated by Martin McLaughlin

    Penguin Modern Classics, pp. 240

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