by Italo Calvino · Siruela · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788478444144
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«Seis propuestas para el próximo milenio» is the literary essay by Italo Calvino, published by Siruela in paperback (160 pages, in Spanish).
In this essay, Calvino draws on the lectures he was to give at Harvard to defend literature as a unique tool of knowledge. With examples from the literary tradition, he champions values such as lightness, quickness, exactitude, visibility and multiplicity.
Volume 2 of Siruela's Biblioteca Italo Calvino collection; this 2018 edition includes the translation by Aurora Bernárdez and César Palma.
Recommended for readers of essays and literary criticism, and for those wishing to approach Calvino's final reflections on the craft of writing.
Italo Calvino was an Italian novelist and short story writer. His best-known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy (1952–1959), the Cosmicomics collection of short stories (1965), and the novels Invisible Cities (1972) and If on a winter's night a traveler (1979).
