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Three Italian Writers

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3: Halo Calvino a prolific writer, now 58, described by a contemporary as ' lo scoiattolo della penna ', the squirrel with the pen, whose most recent books include Italian Folktales and If on a Winter's Night a Traveller.
Paul Bailey reflects on Calvino's ' inexhaustible supply of ideas, allusions and visions. He creates shadows that are more substantial than the full-blooded characters in most contemporary fiction '.
Reader Benjamin Whitrow Producer LOUISE PURSLOW

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Halo Calvino
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Paul Bailey
Reader:
Benjamin Whitrow
Producer:
Louise Purslow

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