Italo Calvino

Marcovaldo ovvero Le stagioni in città is een verhalenbundel van de Italiaanse schrijver Italo Calvino uit 1963. Het boek bevat twintig korte verhalen. Ze zijn ingedeeld naar de seizoenen. Lente, zomer, herfst en winter volgen elkaar vijf keer op. Calvino schreef de verhalen tussen 1952 en 1963: tien in de jaren ’50 …

Under the Jaguar Sun is a collection of three short stories by Italo Calvino. The stories were to have been in a book entitled I cinque sensi. Calvino died before writing the stories dedicated to vision and touch. In the Italian edition the stories are ordered as follows: Il nome, il naso; Sotto il sole giaguaro; and …

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 …

For the first time in paperback--a volume of thirty-seven diabolically inventive stories, fables, and "impossible interviews" from one of the great fantasists of the 20th century, displaying the full breadth of his vision and wit. Written between 1943 and 1984 and masterfully translated by Tim Parks, the fictions in …