Seçme Mektuplar 1945-1985

“... for the writer is the one who sacrifices himself to save his fellow human beings.”

Calvino was not only an important writer but also an important editor and publisher. These 40-year-old letters, from Paolo Pasolini to the Italian Communist Party, from Elio Vittorini to children's readers, from Umberto Eco to literary critics, to magazines and newspapers, dealing with the subjects of literature, philosophy and politics, are appreciated by readers as well as those who are eager to write and writers. and will attract the attention of publishers.

What you said about my image starting to turn yellow and fade fits very well with my intentions. The dead must feel something of a mixture of resentment and relief that they are not in a world full of things that do not belong to them, and my state of mind is not far from that. It is not for nothing that I have settled in a big city where I know no one and no one knows that I exist: Thanks to this, I have been able to realize at least one of the lives I have always dreamed of: I spend twelve hours a day reading, most of the year.

(To Pier Paolo Pasolini, 7 February 1973)

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Editor: Filiz Özdem

Media Type: Paperback

Pulp Type: 2nd Pulp

Number of Pages: 548

Size: 13.5 x 21

First Printing Year: 2017

Number of Printings: 1st Edition