The Narrative of Trajan's Column: Italo Calvino (Penguin Great Ideas) - Softcover

Calvino, Italo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241472857 ISBN 13: 9780241472859

Verlag: Penguin Classics, 2020

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'When the last fire goes out, time too will be finished'

Italo Calvino was one of the most joyful and imaginative writers of the twentieth century. Here he muses on what the things we leave behind ­- whether waxworks or ancient graffiti, enigmatic maps or a crumbling Roman column - tell us about the greater truths of the world, space and time.

One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our world today, from anarchists to stoics, feminists to prophets, satirists to Zen Buddhists.

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Italo Calvino, one of Italy's finest postwar writers, has delighted readers around the world with his deceptively simple, fable-like stories. Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923 and raised in San Remo, Italy; he fought for the Italian Resistance from 1943-45. His major works include Cosmicomics (1968), Invisible Cities (1972), and If on a winter's night a traveler (1979). He died in Siena in 1985.

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Italo Calvino was one of the most joyful and imaginative writers of the twentieth century. Here he muses on what the things we leave behind ­- whether waxworks or ancient graffiti, enigmatic maps or a crumbling Roman column - tell us about the greater truths of the world, space and time.

One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our world today, from anarchists to stoics, feminists to prophets, sat

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• Verlag: Penguin Classics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0241472857
• ISBN 13: 9780241472859
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 112
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