A review by italo_carlvino
The Uses of Literature by Italo Calvino

3.0

I finished most of the essays and I might finish the rest of them later. Though, I am feeling a bit burnt out. I love much of Calvino's fiction and some of his essays have surprising revelations. The famous What is a Classic essay has one of my favorite definitions of a classic "A book that has never finished saying what it has to say," but past a certain point the essays weren't as interesting. I am probably just burnt out or unfamiliar with the poets and novels he is writing about. I liked it overall but I was not affected as deeply as when I read his novels or short fiction.