Venkatesh Rao@vgrThis Italian Calvino interview is good.theparisreview.orgThe Art of Fiction No. 130 Upon hearing of Italo Calvino’s death in September of 1985, John Updike commented, “Calvino was a genial as well as brilliant writer. He took fiction into new places where it had never been before,...5:11 AM · Mar 7, 20212 Retweets12 Likes