Under the Jaguar Sun

I went down, I climbed back up into the light of the jaguar sun - into the sea of the green sap of the leaves. The world spun, I plunged down, my throat cut by the knife of the king-priest ... The solar energy coursed along dense networks of blood and chlorophyll; I was living and dying in all the fibers of what is chewed and digested and in all the fibers that absorb the sun>

About the author

Italo Calvino (1923-1985), 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.

Product details

• Authors: Italo Calvino
• Assisted by: Weaver William (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 17.04.2025
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature
• EAN: 9780241752371
• ISBN: 978-0-241-75237-1
• Pages: 112
• Dimensions (packing): 11.1 x 18.1 x 1.5 cm
• Series: Penguin Archive
• Subjects: Literature, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, Short Stories, Penguin Classics, Literary fiction, Classic Books, Classic Literature, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, classic books collection, Novels, Literary gifts, classic novels, classic books for adults, paperback books, book lover gifts, book sets, gifts for readers, book gifts, special edition books, classic literature books, literature books, timeless classics books, quick reads, penguin books classics, penguin classics paperback, penguin classics book, journey into mystery, medieval murder mysteries, book collections for adults, medieval mysteries