Title
Finding One’s Way as a Writer: A Sequence of Letters
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Reprints correspondence spanning four decades by the Italian writer beginning with a 1950 letter in which Calvino muses over the possibility of writing an article on Hemingway from the point of view of “anti-Fascist intellectuals who grew up under Fascism.” Calvino characterizes Russia and America as utopian countries in the eyes of Italians, and suggests that Hemingway represents everything that America signifies, both positive and negative. Concludes by praising Hemingway’s writing style, but casts doubt on his relevancy for today’s reader.
Published in
New England Review
Volume
34
Issue
1
Date
2013
Pages
44-59
COinS
Citation
Calvino, Italo. “Finding One’s Way as a Writer: A Sequence of Letters.” Trans. Martin McLaughlin. New England Review 34, no. 1 (2013): 44-59.