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Italo Calvino · 1965
A collection of imaginative stories in which Calvino explores scientific concepts—continuous creation, matter transformation, space and time—through the adventures of fantastical characters made of mathematical formulae and cellular structures. The work blends complex scientific ideas with human emotion and whimsy, as seen in the opening story 'The Distance of the Moon,' where characters harvest moon-milk from a Moon that once orbited close to Earth.
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What this book knows
Consciousness persists across cosmic time as longing, shame, and identity — selfhood survives even the universe's indifference.
self-and-identity
it was the only name available for everything that required a name… it marked me, I carried it with me, it inhabited me, possessed me entirely
CI-RC-024I was convinced the bad impression must now have been erased by time and followed by a probably positive evaluation… that corresponded more to reality
CI-RC-089shame
I was ashamed of that sign which went on through the centuries, making a ridiculous spectacle of itself and of me
CI-RC-027desire
she who in the midst of our closed, petty world had been capable of a generous impulse… a true outburst of general love, initiating at the same moment
CI-RC-034I've been in love for five hundred million years, and if I see a Dutch girl on the sand… there she is: I recognize her
CI-RC-106without her all this varicolored sumptuousness seemed useless to me, wasted. I ran all over the Earth… still amazed
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