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A review by zenrabbit
Six Memos for the Next Millenium by Italo Calvino
4.0
A thoughtful series of lectures, never given as he passed away before being able to deliver them, by a marvelous writer who challenges us to think about our realities and not just be entertained by a story.
A favorite quote from the book:
Even before science had officially recognized that observation intervenes in some way to modify the phenomenon being observed, Gadda (Carlo Emilio Gadda) knew that “to know is to insert something into what is real, and hence to distort reality.”
A favorite quote from the book:
Even before science had officially recognized that observation intervenes in some way to modify the phenomenon being observed, Gadda (Carlo Emilio Gadda) knew that “to know is to insert something into what is real, and hence to distort reality.”