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Thirty years ago

I had already written a post on the 20th anniversary of Italo Calvino’s death, but today I would like to add a few more thoughts.
Thirty years have passed since 19 September 1985, but the importance of this writer for me has not diminished, nor has the sorrow for his loss.
Among the books I did not give away or sell before living in London are his, which I could never get rid of and still represent a significant part of my existence and history.
Reading or re-reading Calvino still has great importance for me, and he manages to tell me something and make me think.
Today minima&moralia quoted the first lines of one of the short stories later included in the collection Prima che tu dica pronto.
Somehow even that incipit amazed me, made me think, and told me something.
I will never stop advising anyone to read his work because he remains one of the most important Italian authors, but above all, he always has something to tell us.

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