Italo Calvino

Set on the Ligurian coast during World War II, The Path to the Spiders' Nests tells the story of Pin, a cobbler's apprentice who lives with his sister, a prostitute, and spend as much time as he can at the local bar. When his friends dare him to steal a pistol from a Nazi soldier, he sets off on a series of picaresque …

Kuusi muistiota seuraavalle vuosituhannelle on vuonna 1993 postuumisti ilmestynyt kokoelma Italo Calvinon tekstejä. Teoksen on julkaissut suomeksi Loki-kirjat vuonna 1995 ja sen on suomentanut Elina Suolahti.

Meticulously selected and artfully recreated, the selection of stories in Italian is vast and ranges geographically from Corsica and Sicily to Venice and the Alps. Calvino is himself clearly captivated by the folkloric imagination and communicates this in what is a fascinating and rich addition to folk literature.

Marcovaldo is an unskilled worker in a drab industrial city in northern Italy. He is an irrepressible dreamer and an inveterate schemer. Much to the puzzlement of his wife, his children, his boss, and his neighbors, he chases his dreams-but the results are never the expected ones. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen …

Mr. Palomar, whose name purposely evokes that of the famous telescope, is a seeker after knowledge, a visionary in a world sublime and ridiculous. Whether contemplating a cheese, a woman’s breasts, or a gorilla’s behavior, he brings us a vision of a world familiar by consensus, fragmented by the burden of individual …

The Castle of Crossed Destinies is a 1973 novel by the Italian writer Italo Calvino. Its narrative details a meeting among travelers who are inexplicably unable to speak after traveling through a forest. The characters in the novel recount their tales via Tarot cards, which are reconstructed by the narrator. The novel …

Koko kosmokomiikka on Italo Calvinon novellien kokoelma, joka ilmestyi postuumisti 1997. Teos on täydennetty laitos teoksesta Kosmokomiikkaa.

Paroni puussa on Italo Calvinon satiirinen romaani vuodelta 1957. Suomeksi teos julkaistiin Pentti Saarikosken suomentamana 1960. Sen kustansi Tammi. Teos kertoo aatelispojasta, Cosimosta, joka perheeseensä suuttuneena päättää muuttaa asumaan puuhun ja olla koskaan enää astumatta maan kamaralle. Teoksen suomentajan …