Hermit in Paris - Italo Calvino Martin Mooij De huidige lezer weet echter

De huidige lezer weet echter wel beter

In each story the search for clues leads to remarkable coincidences in the universe as the simple act of trailing a man ultimately becomes a startling investigation of what it means to be human

Proust en Drieu la Rochelle

thought themselves to be immune to its power

What begins as the record of W

Hermit in Paris - Italo Calvino Martin Mooij De huidige lezer weet echterItalo Calvino once said that he preferred to give false details about his biography since he felt that even the genuine data of a writer's life shed no light on the creative work. But this volume of posthumously collected personal writings is the closest we will ever come to the autobiography of this most private of writers. The pieces collected here range from the early 1950s to his last interview, completed just before his sudden death in 1985.