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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.
- About the Author: ITALO CALVINO (1923-1985) attained worldwide renown as the author of Invisible Cities, The Baron in the Trees, and numerous collections of fiction and essays.
- 320 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
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"The first complete English-language edition of one of Calvino's important early short story collections"--Book Synopsis
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.Review Quotes
"In Last Comes the Raven, a collection of early stories, we find the man behind the magician . . . Calvino was drawn to narratives as pure and potent objects; in this collection, he examines but does not deconstruct them . . . There is the author's trademark ironic distance and careful wit, as well as tinges of surrealism. But, where the mature Calvino found a style that was supremely arch, alien, and spare, his more mimetic stories retain the funk of the human . . . The reader of Last Comes the Raven registers a bloom of social feelings: sympathy, recognition, curiosity." --Katy Waldman, The New Yorker --
About the Author
ITALO CALVINO (1923-1985) attained worldwide renown as the author of Invisible Cities, The Baron in the Trees, and numerous collections of fiction and essays. ANN GOLDSTEIN has translated widely from Italian, including the works of Elena Ferrante, Primo Levi, Alessandro Baricco, and others.Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.33 Inches (W) x .9 Inches (D)
Weight: .69 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 320
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Literary
Publisher: Mariner Books Classics
Format: Paperback
Author: Italo Calvino
Language: English
Street Date: June 15, 2021
TCIN: 93679045
UPC: 9780544146709
Item Number (DPCI): 247-13-6103
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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