Italo Calvino is a sublime writer. One of my favourites is his short story Love Far From Home -- it's funny, poignant and strangely reassuring. Salman Rushdie d

Italo Calvino is a sublime writer. One of my favourites is his short story Love Far From Home -- it's funny, poignant and strangely reassuring. Salman Rushdie does an excellent reading in the New Yorker's fiction podcast: https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/fiction/salman-rushdie-reads-italo-calvino https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/fiction/salman-rushdie-rea...