The Watcher and Other Stories - Brossura

Calvino, Italo

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0156949520 ISBN 13: 9780156949521

Casa editrice: Mariner Books Classics, 1975

Riassunto

The three long stories in this volume show the range and virtuosity of Italy’s most imaginative writer. “Like Jorge Luis Borges and Gabriel García Márquez, Italo Calvino dreams perfect dreams for us” (John Updike, New Yorker).Translated by William Weaver and Archibald Colquhoun. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

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In "The Watcher, " a member of the Communist Party is assigned to a polling place in Turin's Hospital for Incurables, where he observes the rejects of humanity and a grotesque parody of the democratic process. "Smog" anticipates a preoccupation with pollution so lunatic that it casts a pall even over the hero's affair with a beautiful woman. "The Argentine Ant" is a piece of sustained horror with farcical undertones, illustrating man's defeat before an enemy too small to be overcome.

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• Editore: Mariner Books Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 1975
• ISBN 10: 0156949520
• ISBN 13: 9780156949521
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 181