Mr Palomar

Informationen zum Autor Italo Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923 and grew up in Italy. He was an essayist and journalist and a member of the editorial staff of Einaudi in Turin. One of the most respected writers of the twentieth century, his best-known works of fiction include Invisible Cities , If on a Winter's Night a Traveller , Marcovaldo and Mr Palomar . In 1973 he won the prestigious Premio Feltrinelli. He died in 1985. A collection of Calvino's posthumous personal writings, The Hermit in Paris , was published in 2003. Klappentext Reissue. Zusammenfassung Mr Palomar is a delightful eccentric whose chief activity is looking at things. 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.

Product details

• Authors: Italo Calvino
• Assisted by: William Weaver (Translation), Weaver William (Translation)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.07.1994
• EAN: 9780099430872
• ISBN: 978-0-09-943087-2
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; Vintage Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / General, Narrative theme: Interior life, Modern and contemporary fiction, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945), FICTION / Nature & the Environment, FICTION / World Literature / Italy