Perhaps, for each of them, I also resembled someone who was dead. I had barely arrived at Adelma and I was already one of them, I had gone over to their side, absorbed in that kaleidescope of eyes, wrinkles, grimaces.
Italo CalvinoAbout author
- Author's profession: Journalist, Writer
- Nationality: italian
- Born: October 15, 1923
- Died: September 19, 1985
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