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Victor Pegala's avatar

Giovanni Calvino is how Italians refer to the theological reformer John Calvin. Some scholars have drawn a parallel between the ways Marx and Calvin thought about material objects and how their value changes with consecration/circulation. And of course many phenomenologists are also Marxists - though the relationship is problematic. A network of lines that intersect.

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Fabio Turel's avatar

I'm not sure if it makes it any easier to understand what he could have possibly meant, but "fenomenologico" corresponds to the adjective "phenomenological".

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Salman Rushdie's avatar

Thank you for the correction. I should have used the noun, "fenomenologo," not the adjective. I have corrected it in the text.

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Fabio Turel's avatar

Thanks for the beautiful anecdote about one of my most beloved writers, expressing admiration for another of my most beloved authors, told by a third one.

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Zubair Rezwan's avatar

I am translating it to Persian. I had hard time converting the resemblance of words "Comma" from English to Farsi. They sound "Kama" and "Kouma" in Persian. I added a note about it.

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Claudia's avatar

Yes, indeed! Thanks for this… Calvino is my past, present, future..:-)

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Sooni Taraporevala's avatar

Lovely!

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Dalboz's avatar

Wonderful to read this. I love Calvino's books, especially Invisible Cities. Such a noble and brilliant writer.

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Louis Bruno's avatar

I haven't really deliver into Calvino, but I have a lot of books to read. I really enjoyed the article. My aunt loves Calvino. A lot of people need to see and hear about the past, and the writers who came before. I would have no history of the future if I didn't know the great writers who came before. Also, which books would you recommend for anyone who hasn't heard of him? Thanks so much, and looking forward to more posts.

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Louis Bruno's avatar

delved not deliver. Correcting my mistake in real time.

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Rohini Chowdhury's avatar

I loved this. Italo Calvino is a very special writer for me. Thank you for writing this.

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Carolyn Laffan's avatar

Such a lovely reminiscence. Thank you for sharing it. It is indeed comforting to think of Italo Calvino at home in Marsalia deep in conversation with the Baron.

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