Διαβάζοντας τους κλασσικούς

 

 

“Every reading of a classic is in fact a rereading,” wrote Italian author Italo Calvino.

We published his essay Why Read the Classics? in our October 9th, 1986 issue translated from its original Italian by Patrick Creagh. This month we're unlocking seven classics from our 56 year archive for both subscribers and non-subscribers to revisit:

 “A classic does not necessarily teach us anything we did not know before. In a classic we sometimes discover something we have always known (or thought we knew), but without knowing that this author said it first, or at least is associated with it in a special way. And this, too, is a surprise that gives a lot of pleasure, such as we always gain from the discovery of an origin, a relationship, an affinity.”