[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]
2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/lit/ - Literature

View post   
File: 85 KB, 680x448, the aesthete's library.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
[ERROR] No.18864814 [Reply] [Original]

What does /lit/ think of the late italian writer and editor, Roberto Calasso? Is his bibliography really worth exploring? Is there anything that stood out to you while reading his works?

>> No.18865005

>>18864814
He was so based that I don't even know him

>> No.18865213

>>18865005
you do now

>> No.18866566

>>18864814
books used to be so beautiful bros... the uniformity of the editions and the subtle diversity in publishers. compare this to a shelf full of penguin classics and oxford paperbacks.

>> No.18868011

>>18864814
How late is he?

>> No.18868012

bump and rip

>> No.18868091
File: 363 KB, 1600x900, 7253B861-FB0A-4112-B650-13E7581C3C5A.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
[ERROR]

>>18868011
Since late this last July, anon.

I will be getting to The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony shortly

>> No.18868345

>>18864814
The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony is truly a beautiful work. It's the best treatment of the greek myths that I've come across. He respects myth and the traditions of the myths unlike any other modern writer. Theirs no ulterior motive like you can sense in so many others, he's not 'mining' or abusing the stories for any historical/ethnographic/esoteric/hermetic/selfdelusionaljerkoff material. I also recommend Literature and the Gods. Looking forward to reading The Book of all Books.

>> No.18868612

>>18868091
what's really interesting about great authors is the depth and variety of their library, which gives them sweet authentic edge over anyone else. they don't read meme books, they read whatever they genuinely care about no matter how out of vogue or obscure it may seem, and judging from the works that are sitting behind bob, it unsurprisingly applies to a great man of letters such as him too. i wish all of those books could be identified.

>> No.18869032

>>18868091
he has the same timid smile as chris chan

>> No.18869135
File: 311 KB, 1183x800, E1D950A1-F5FB-4644-991D-92D58B220D0D.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
[ERROR]

>>18864814
He was a genius. Start with Cadmus and Harmony or The Ruin of Kasch.

>>18866566
You're right bro. Calasso brought back to Italy the beautiful edition, in the style of Aldo Manuzio. His Adelphi books are modern but elegant and resistant at the same time.

>> No.18869611

>>18868612
>judging from the works that are sitting behind bob
Bob Calasso?

>> No.18870408

>>18869135
is simenon really that good? i'm not a fan of the maigret series, but are his other novels worth exploring at all?