Audio Anthology of Italian Literature Recording #13 Italo Calvino: "Le citta' invisibili" (Selected chapters) Read by Moro Silo Running time: 60 min. Cassette $19.95 CD $29.95
Amongst the many successful writers to emerge in the last few decades, Italo Calvino (1923-…..)deserves particular mention. . Born in Cuba, he grew up in San Remo, Italy, and began as a writer of realistic political works set in the upheaval of postwar Italy. However, he found his voice as a storyteller, taking simple conceits and spinning them into fantastic tales, and exploring the boundaries of narrative in all its forms. Invisible Cities is as magical a construction of words. The novel is like a series of luminous paintings that narrate an unknow mythology; each small scene the author draws absorbs one's imagination until the mind seeps completely into his creation.
Kublai e Polo (first) (2'01'') Anastasia (1'47'') Tamara ( 3'10'') Despina (2'04'') Isaura (1'33'') Maurilia (2'08'') Zenobia (1'47'') Kublai e Polo (second) ( 2'34'') Armilla (2'24'') Cloe (2'05'') Valdrada (2'13'') Kublai e Polo (third) ( 2'47'') Olivia (2'22'') Ottavia (1'17'') Leandra (2'55'') Kublai e Polo (fifth) (2'19'') Eusapia ( 2'57'') Leonia (4'06'') Kublai e Polo (sixth) (7'43'') Cecilia (2'36'') Pentesilea (3'17'') Kublai e Polo (seventh) (2'33'')