Tucked into the quiet cemetery of Castiglione della Pescaia, overlooking the Tuscan coastline, lies the grave of Italo Calvino—an author whose imagination ranged far beyond the visible world. Unlike monumental tombs dedicated to literary giants, Calvino’s resting place is strikingly modest, almost deliberately so, echoing his lifelong resistance to grandiosity and rigid labels. Calvino spent many of his later years in this coastal town, drawn to its light, its sea, and its balance between natur...