The Distance of the Moon

'Time is a catastrophe, perpetual and irreversible.' Science and fiction interweave delightfully in these playful Cosmicomic short stories. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

Product details

• Authors: Italo Calvino
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9780241339107
• ISBN: 978-0-241-33910-7
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 113 mm x 161 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Modern Classics; Penguin Modern; Penguin Classics; Penguin Modern
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fantasy, FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Literary, Short Stories, FICTION / Fantasy / General, Modern and contemporary fiction, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945), Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary