Difficult Loves - Brossura

Calvino, Italo

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0544959124 ISBN 13: 9780544959125

Casa editrice: Mariner Books, 2017

Riassunto

Intricate interior lives are brilliantly explored in these short stories, now presented in one definitive collection as Calvino intended them

In Difficult Loves, Italy’s master storyteller weaves tales in which cherished deceptions and illusions of love—including self-love—are swept away in magical instants of recognition. A soldier is reduced to quivering fear by the presence of a full-figured woman in his train compartment; a young clerk leaves a lady’s bed at dawn; a young woman is isolated from bathers on a beach by the loss of her bikini bottom. Each of them discovers hidden truths beneath the surface of everyday life.   
This is the first edition in English to present the collection as Calvino originally envisioned it, and includes two stories newly translated by Ann Goldstein.

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Recensione:

"The quirkiness and grace of the writing, the originality of the imagination at work, the occasional incandescence of vision, and a certain lovable nuttiness make this collection well worth reading." — Margaret Atwood, New York Times Book Review "Brief, limpid, graceful, and surprisingly fresh." — Newsweek

L'autore:

ITALO CALVINO’s superb storytelling gifts earned him international renown. At the time of his death, in 1985, he was the most-translated contemporary Italian writer.
 
ANN GOLDSTEIN has translated widely from the Italian, including works of Elena Ferrante and Primo Levi.

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• Editore: Mariner Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0544959124
• ISBN 13: 9780544959125
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 307