{"product_id":"9780141189710-the-road-to-san-giovanni","title":"The Road to San Giovanni","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIncludes five autobiographical meditations that delves into the author's past, remembering awkward childhood walks with his father, a lifelong obsession with the cinema and fighting in the Italian Resistance against the Fascists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of five autobiographical essays by one of the masters of Italian literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these five elegant autobiographical meditations Italo Calvino delves into his past, remembering awkward childhood walks with his father, a lifelong obsession with the cinema and fighting in the Italian Resistance against the Fascists. He also muses on the social contracts, language and sensations associated with emptying the kitchen rubbish and the shape he would, if asked, consider the world. These reflections on the nature of memory itself are engaging, witty, and lit through with Calvino's alchemical brilliance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated from the Italian by Tim Parks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451314385270,"sku":"9780141189710","price":8.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32391535.jpg?v=1760461724","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141189710-the-road-to-san-giovanni","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}