This is the first, comprehensive translation of Calvino's letters into English, by Martin McLaughlin. They cover virtually all of Calvino's adult life, from shortly after the outset of WWII until his sudden death in 1985...
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Knihabrožovaná vazba392 KčVíce než 30 dní
Why Read the Classics? is an elegant defence of the value of great literature by one of the finest authors of the last century. Beginning with an essay on the attributes that define a classic (number one - classics are those books that ...
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Knihabrožovaná vazba248 KčSkladem 1 ks
Marco Polo conjures up cities of magical times for his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan, but gradually it becomes clear that he is actually describing one city: Venice...
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Knihabrožovaná vazba295 KčVíce než 30 dní
Science and fiction interweave delightfully in these playful Cosmicomic short stories...
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Knihabrožovaná vazba109 KčSkladem 2 ks
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics...
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Knihapevná vazba313 KčVíce než 30 dní
From the age of twelve, the Baron Cosimo Piovasco di Rondo makes his home among ash, elm, magnolia, plum and almond, living up in the trees. He walks through paths made from the twisted branches of olive...
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Knihabrožovaná vazba253 KčDo 22 – 27 dnů
Italo Calvino was one of the most joyful and imaginative writers of the twentieth century. Here he muses on what the things we leave behind — whether waxworks or ancient graffiti, enigmatic maps or...
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Knihabrožovaná vazba195 KčSkladem 1 ks
Leads you through many different books including a detective adventure, a romance, a satire, an erotic story, a diary, and a quest...
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Knihabrožovaná vazba337 KčDo 4 – 6 dnů
An ingenious exploration of the meaning of literature, from one of Italy's most beloved writers...
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Knihabrožovaná vazba273 KčVíce než 30 dní
First paperback publication of Italo Calvino's phenomenally funny account of the universe as a cosmic joke...
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Knihabrožovaná vazba257 KčSkladem 2 ks
Pin is a bawdy, adolescent cobbler's assistant, both arrogant and insecure who - while the Second World War rages - sings songs and tells jokes to endear himself to the grown-ups of his town - particularly jokes about his sister, who they all know ...
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Knihabrožovaná vazba247 KčSkladem 1 ks
A beautiful hardback edition of Calvino's incomparable, genre-defying, wondrous masterwork...
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Knihapevná vazba432 KčSkladem 1 ks
Difficult Loves is a beautifully translated collection of early stories by the highly regarded Italian writer, Italo Calvino. A genius of twentieth century fiction, Calvino wrote the fictions in the 1940's and 50's...
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Knihabrožovaná vazba337 Kč-5 %Více než 30 dní
The first complete English-language edition of Calvino's early short story collection. These early short stories brim with the beauty of the Italian countryside and seaside, telling tales both sumptuous and unnerving...
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Knihabrožovaná vazba246 KčSkladem 1 ks
A couple on an epicurean journey across Mexico are excited by the idea of a particular ingredient, suggested by ancient rituals of human sacrifice. Precariously balanced on his throne, a king is able only to listen to the sounds around him ...
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Knihabrožovaná vazba242 KčVíce než 30 dní
Here, Calvino, probably Italy's leading novelist before he died, focuses a probing eye on one man's attempt to name the parts of his universe, almost as though Mr Palomar points in: walking the beach, visiting the zoo, strolling in his garden...
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Viscount Medardo is bisected by a Turkish cannonball on the plains of Bohemia. Baron Cosimo, at the age of twelve, retires to the trees for the rest of his days. Charlemagne's knight, agnulf is an empty suit of armour...
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