Books by Italo Calvino (8)
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Adam, One Afternoon by Italo Calvino EN
Country: North America / 
Cuba
Cuba
Description:
The world of Calvino is a world of fable, but he uses its mechanisms to focus with unerring precision on human reality. Nature in these stories has a magical quality in the flight of a crow, the iridescent track of a snail, the sideways leap of a stray ca
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El vizconde demediado by Italo Calvino ES
Country: North America / Cuba
Cuba
Description:
El vizconde demediado es la primera incursion de Italo Calvino en lo fabuloso y lo fantastico. Cuenta Calvino la historia del vizconde de Terralba, quien fue partido en dos por un canonazo de los turcos y cuyas dos mitades continuaron viviendo por separado. Simbolo de la condicion humana dividida, Medardo de Terralba sale a caminar por sus tierras.A su paso, las peras que colgaban de los arboles aparecen todas partidas por la mitad. B+Cada encuentro de dos seres en el mundo es un desgarrarseB; , le dice la mitad mala del vizconde a la mujer de quien se ha enamorado. Pero es seguro que se trate... continue
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino EN
Country: North America / Cuba
Cuba
Description:
Introduction by Peter Washington; Translation by William Weaver Italo Calvino’s masterpiece combines a love story and a detective story into an exhilarating allegory of reading, in which the reader of the book becomes the book’s central character. Based on a witty analogy between the reader’s desire to finish the story and the lover’s desire to consummate his or her passion, IF ON A WINTER’S NIGHT A TRAVELER is the tale of two bemused readers whose attempts to reach the end of the same book—IF ON A WINTER’S NIGHT A TRAVELER, by Italo Calvino, of course—are constantly and comically frustrated. ... continue
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Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino EN
Country: North America / Cuba
Cuba
Description:
In Kublai Khan's garden, at sunset, the young Marco Polo diverts the aged emperor from his obsession with the impending end of his empire with tales of countless cities past, present, and future.
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Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore by Italo Calvino IT
Country: North America / Cuba
Cuba
Description:
È un romanzo sul piacere di leggere romanzi nel quale il protagonista è il lettore, che per dieci volte comincia a leggere un libro che per vicissitudini estranee alla sua volontà non riesce a finire. Italo Calvino ha dovuto dunque scrivere l'inizio di dieci romanzi d'autori immaginari, tutti in qualche modo diversi da lui e diversi tra loro.
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The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino EN
Country: North America / Cuba
Cuba
Description:
"Cosimo di Rondó, a young Italian nobleman of the eighteenth century, rebels against his parents by climbing into the trees and remaining there for the rest of his life. He adapts efficiently to an existence in the forest canopy he hunts, sows crops, plays games with earth-bound friends, fights forest fires, solves engineering problems, and even manages to have love affairs. From his perch in the trees, Cosimo sees the Age of Enlightenment pass by and a new century dawn. Long considered one of Calvino's finest works, The baron in the trees exemplifies this brilliant writer's gift for fantasy."... continue
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The Complete Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino EN
Country: North America / Cuba
Cuba
Description:
Through the eyes of ageless guide, Qfwfq, cross planets and traverse galaxies, speed up time or slow it down to the particles of an instant. Complex mathematical and scientific concepts are related to our everyday world.--
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