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'A subtle and beautiful meditation' Sunday Times
'The most magically ingenious of the contemporary Italian novelists' The Times
Italo Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923 and grew up in Italy. He was an essayist and journalist and a member of the editorial staff of Einaudi in Turin. One of the most respected writers of our time, his best-known works of fiction include Invisible Cities, If on a Winter's Night a Traveller, Marcovaldo and Mr Palomar. In 1973 he won the prestigious Premio Feltrinelli. He died in 1985. A collection of Calvino's posthumous personal writings, The Hermit in Paris, was published in 2003.
A spectacular display of this key European writer's early work
'A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say' Italo Calvino
'Beautifully written-the work of an extraordinary mind, one that isworth exploring from every angle' Independent on Sunday
'A shamelessly original work of art' New York Times
'Brilliant-a feast' Guardian
A witty, elegant novel about looking, seeing, thinking, knowing and understanding
An acclaimed collection of enchanting, comic and clever tales from the Italian master