Marcovaldo

By:

Italo Calvino

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'Marcovaldo is an enchanting collection of stories, both melancholy and funny, about an Italian peasant's struggle to reconcile country habits with urban life. Oblivious to the garish attractions of the town, Marcovaldo is the attentive recorder of natural phenomenon. The reader's heart bleeds for Marcovaldo in his tenacious pursuit of lost domains, but the stories are full of mirth and fun. They lie between farce and fantasy, combining comical disasters with a surrealistic view of city life through the eyes of an outsider...Nothing, as always with Calvino, is quite as it seems. Books and Bookmen

Author Biography:

Italo Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923. He grew up in Italy. He was an essayist and journalist and a member of the editorial staff of Einaudi in Turin. In 1973 he won the prestigious Premio Feltrinelli. He died in 1985

Release date NZ

March 22nd, 2001

Author

Italo Calvino

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Contributor

Translated by William Weaver

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Imprint

Vintage Classics

Pages

144

Publisher

Vintage Publishing

Dimensions

129x198x8

ISBN-13

9780099428541

Product ID

1704184

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