Under the Jaguar Sun - Couverture souple

Calvino, Italo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0156927942 ISBN 13 : 9780156927949

Editeur : Mariner Books, 1990

Synopsis

Book by Calvino Italo

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

“The thought . . . called up the flavors of an elaborate and bold cuisine, bent on making the flavors’ highest notes vibrate, juxtaposing them in modulations, in chords, and especially in dissonances that would assert themselves as an incomparable experience.” — From Under the Jaguar Sun   These intoxicating stories delve down to the core of our senses of taste, hearing, and smell. Amid the flavors of Mexico’s fiery chiles and spices, a couple on holiday discovers dark truths about the maturing of desire in the title story, “Under the Jaguar Sun.” In “A King Listens,” a gripping portrait of a frenzied mind, the menacing echoes in a huge palace spur a tyrant’s thoughts to the heights of paranoid intensity. “The Name, the Nose” drives to a startling conclusion as men across time and space pursue the women whose aromas have enchanted them. Mordant and deliciously offbeat, this trio of tales is a treat from a master of short fiction. “[Calvino is] a learned, daring, ingeniously gifted magus . . . Under the Jaguar Sun . . . fuses fable with neuron . . . The reader is likely to salivate.” — Cynthia Ozick, New York Times Book Review

Biographie de l'auteur :

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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Mariner Books
• Date d'édition: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0156927942
• ISBN 13: 9780156927949
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 96