Difficult Loves
by:
Italo Calvino (author)
Tales of love and loneliness in which the author blends reality and illusion. “The quirkiness and grace of the writing, the originality of the imagination at work,...and a certain lovable nuttiness make this collection well worth reading” (Margaret Atwood). Translated by William Weaver, Peggy...
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Tales of love and loneliness in which the author blends reality and illusion. “The quirkiness and grace of the writing, the originality of the imagination at work,...and a certain lovable nuttiness make this collection well worth reading” (Margaret Atwood). Translated by William Weaver, Peggy Wright, and Archibald Colquhoun. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780156260558 (0156260557)
Publish date: September 23rd 1985
Publisher: Mariner Books
Pages no: 300
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Love,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Italy,
Romance,
Literary Fiction,
Magical Realism,
Short Stories,
Italian Literature
I am so happy to know Calvino and can't believe I'm just now getting around to him, but better late than never.I got the edition with four sections: Riviera Stories, Wartime Stories, Postwar Stories, and Stories of Love and Loneliness. Twenty-eight stories total, most written 1945-1949, some in the ...
I'm only in the middle of the book, but even if the rest of the stories are complete duds, it still deserves five stars!++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++The rest of the stories confirmed my opinion of this collection. The only other Calvino I've been able to finish was _If on a W...
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