Difficult Loves - Couverture souple

Calvino, Italo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0544959124 ISBN 13 : 9780544959125

Editeur : Mariner Books, 2017

Synopsis

Intricate interior lives are brilliantly explored in these short stories, now presented in one definitive collection as Calvino intended them

In Difficult Loves, Italy’s master storyteller weaves tales in which cherished deceptions and illusions of love—including self-love—are swept away in magical instants of recognition. A soldier is reduced to quivering fear by the presence of a full-figured woman in his train compartment; a young clerk leaves a lady’s bed at dawn; a young woman is isolated from bathers on a beach by the loss of her bikini bottom. Each of them discovers hidden truths beneath the surface of everyday life. 

 

This is the first edition in English to present the collection as Calvino originally envisioned it, and includes two stories newly translated by Ann Goldstein.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

ITALO CALVINO (1923–1985) attained worldwide renown as one of the twentieth century’s greatest storytellers. Born in Cuba, he was raised in San Remo, Italy, and later lived in Turin, Paris, Rome, and elsewhere. Among his many works are Invisible Cities, If on a winter’s night a traveler, The Baron in the Trees, and other novels, as well as numerous collections of fiction, folktales, criticism, and essays. His works have been translated into dozens of languages.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mariner Books
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0544959124
• ISBN 13: 9780544959125
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
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