Mr. Palomar - (Helen and Kurt Wolff Books) by Italo Calvino (Paperback)

About the Book

Italo Calvino's last fictional work is a witty, elegant, fantastic rendering of the ultimate observer, whose name, Mr. Palomar, deliberately evokes the famous telescope. "Beautiful, nimble, solitary feats of imagination" (The New York Times Book Review). Calvino is the acclaimed author of Difficult Loves and Invisible Cities.

Book Synopsis

"Beautifully nimble, solitary feats of imagination." --Seamus Heaney

"Beguiling." --Time

A superbly crafted novel about one man's quest for order and reason in a chaotic and unreasonable world

Mr. Palomar is a delightful eccentric whose chief activity is looking at things. He is seeking knowledge; 'it is only after you have come to know the surface of things that you can venture to seek what is underneath'. Whether contemplating a fine cheese, a hungry gecko, a woman sunbathing topless or a flight of migrant starlings, Mr. Palomar's observations render the world afresh.