Marcovaldo, Langue Anglaise - Couverture souple

Calvino, Italo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099428547 ISBN 13 : 9780099428541

Editeur : Vintage Classics, 2001

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"Calvino is surely among the handful of living writers that can be called, without hesitation, great. Each book by Calvino is a completely original conception. Marcovaldo is one of the best works of fiction published" (Spectator)

"The greatest Italian writer of the twentieth century" (Guardian)

"It is the refinement, the oddness and the humour of the thoughts he gets which make Calvino a rare pleasure to read; he is a match for Borges as he stealthily patrols the limits of the unthinkable" (John Sturrock New Review)

"He will continue to glitter, this strange, lonely prospector in the universe of words, well into the next millennium and after, a master in the empire of the imagination" (Independent)

Quatrième de couverture :

'One of the best works of fiction published' Spectator

Marcovaldo is an enchanting collection of twenty stories that are both melancholy and funny, farce and fantasy. Calvino 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. As always with Calvino, nothing is quite as it seems.

'Delightful and rewarding as always' Observer

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À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Vintage Classics
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0099428547
• ISBN 13: 9780099428541
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 144