Sarah Farooqui“What this means, for #Calasso, is that the gods have exited the world of men & entered the world of stories. This probably sounds like figurative language. But for Calasso—and for any writer or reader who has read deeply enough that he can no longer return to the mundane world without feeling it to be lacking—this is not only a concrete truth, but an ultimate one.“
https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-secret-teaching-of-roberto-calasso/
The Secret Teaching of Roberto Calasso
When the Italian writer and publisher Roberto Calasso died last year, he was more widely admired than understood. When he is praised in the Anglophone world, it is usually for being erudite. Meanwhile, in his native Italy, Calasso is better known as a publishing impresario, because of his leadership of