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100			_aCalvino, Italo
245			_aCollection of Sand: Essays
260			_bPenguin Books _c2013 _aLondon
300			_a210
440			_aPenguin Modern Classics
520			_aItalo Calvino in Collection of Sand claimed that 'the brain begins in the eye'. The essays collected here display his fascination with the visual universe, in which the things we see tell a truth about the world. With encyclopedic knowledge and engaging curiosity, Calvino writes about such diverse subjects as the imaginative pleasures of maps, bizarre exhibitions and the earliest forms of written language. Books and paintings provoke discussions of artistic motivation, while descriptions of a meticulous Japanese garden, Trajan's column crumbling to dust or a Mexican temple smothered by the jungle lead to contemplations on space, time and civilization. Surprising and profound, Collection of Sand provides a glimpse into the mind of a master of the magination.
650			_aEssays
700			_aMcLaughlin, M L (translator)
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