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Last Comes the Raven

- And Other Stories
Af: Italo Calvino Engelsk Paperback

Last Comes the Raven

- And Other Stories
Af: Italo Calvino Engelsk Paperback
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The first complete English-language edition of one of Calvino’s important early short story collections

Blending reality and illusion with elegance and precision, the stories in this collection—one of Calvino’s earliest—take place in a World War II–era and postwar Italy tinged with the visionary and fablelike qualities that would come to define this master storyteller’s later style. A trio of gluttonous burglars invade a pastry shop; two children trespass upon a forbidden garden; a wealthy family invites a rustic goatherd to lunch, only to mock him. In the title story, a compact masterpiece of shifting perspectives, a panicked soldier tries to keep his wits—and his life—when he faces off against a young partisan with a loaded rifle and miraculous aim. Throughout, Calvino delights in discovering hidden truths beneath the surface of everyday life.
 
Stories from Last Comes the Raven have been published in translation, but the collection as a whole has never appeared in English. This volume, including several stories newly translated by Ann Goldstein, is an important addition to Calvino’s legacy.
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The first complete English-language edition of one of Calvino’s important early short story collections

Blending reality and illusion with elegance and precision, the stories in this collection—one of Calvino’s earliest—take place in a World War II–era and postwar Italy tinged with the visionary and fablelike qualities that would come to define this master storyteller’s later style. A trio of gluttonous burglars invade a pastry shop; two children trespass upon a forbidden garden; a wealthy family invites a rustic goatherd to lunch, only to mock him. In the title story, a compact masterpiece of shifting perspectives, a panicked soldier tries to keep his wits—and his life—when he faces off against a young partisan with a loaded rifle and miraculous aim. Throughout, Calvino delights in discovering hidden truths beneath the surface of everyday life.
 
Stories from Last Comes the Raven have been published in translation, but the collection as a whole has never appeared in English. This volume, including several stories newly translated by Ann Goldstein, is an important addition to Calvino’s legacy.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 308
ISBN-13: 9780544146709
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0544146700
Udg. Dato: 15 jun 2021
Længde: 25mm
Bredde: 203mm
Højde: 134mm
Forlag: HarperCollins
Oplagsdato: 15 jun 2021
Forfatter(e): Italo Calvino
Forfatter(e) Italo Calvino


Kategori United States of America, USA


ISBN-13 9780544146709


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 308


Udgave


Længde 25mm


Bredde 203mm


Højde 134mm


Udg. Dato 15 jun 2021


Oplagsdato 15 jun 2021


Forlag HarperCollins

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