Marcovaldo
Author(s): Italo Calvino
A collection of twenty stories that are both melancholy and funny, farce and fantasy. It charts the struggles of an Italian peasant to reconcile country habits with urban life, combining comical disasters with a surrealistic view of city life through the eyes of an outsider.
Product Information
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
General Fields
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- : Random House UK
- : VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET
- : 0.094
- : 01 March 2001
- : 201mm X 132mm X 9mm
- : books
Special Fields
- : Italo Calvino
- : Paperback
- : 128