Italo Calvino

For the first time in paperback--a volume of thirty-seven diabolically inventive stories, fables, and "impossible interviews" from one of the great fantasists of the 20th century, displaying the full breadth of his vision and wit. Written between 1943 and 1984 and masterfully translated by Tim Parks, the fictions in …

In these widely praised essays, Calvino reflects on literature as process, the great narrative game in the course of which writer and reader are challenged to understand the world. Calvino himself made the selection of pieces to be included in this volume. Translated by Patrick Creagh. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

A major testament by an essential 20th century writer composed of five strikingly elegant "memory exercises" about his life and work--now available in paperback. With visionary passion, the author traces pieces of his childhood and adolescence, his experiences during WWII, and more. "Storytelling at its …

Le Baron perché est un roman écrit par Italo Calvino, publié en 1957 par Einaudi. Ce livre s'inscrit dans la trilogie intituée Nos ancêtres, entre Le Vicomte pourfendu et Le Chevalier inexistant. Il raconte la vie au XVIIIᵉ siècle d'un jeune aristocrate de la Ligurie du nom de Côme Laverse du Rondeau qui décide, un …

Couverture illustrée. Trad. De l'italien par Jean Thibaudeau. Coll. Point roman seuil N °273