| Marcovaldo: Or the Seasons in the City Contributor(s): Calvino, Italo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156572044 ISBN-13: 9780156572040 Publisher: Mariner Books Classics OUR PRICE: $18.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1983 Annotation: An unskilled worker in a drab northern Italian industrial city of the 1950s and 1960s, Marcovaldo has a practiced eye for spotting natural beauty and an unquenchable longing to come a little closer to the unspoiled world of his imagining. Much to the puzzlement of his wife, his children, his boss, and his neighbors, he chases his dreams, gives rein to his fantasies, tries-with more ingenuousness than skill-to lessen his burden and that of those around him. The results are never the anticipated ones. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 83004372 |
| Series: Helen and Kurt Wolff Books |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.25 lbs) 121 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Marcovaldo is an unskilled worker in a drab industrial city in northern Italy. He is an irrepressible dreamer and an inveterate schemer. Much to the puzzlement of his wife, his children, his boss, and his neighbors, he chases his dreams-but the results are never the expected ones. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book |
Contributor Bio(s): Calvino, Italo: - ITALO CALVINO (1923-1985) attained worldwide renown as one of the twentieth century's greatest storytellers. Born in Cuba, he was raised in San Remo, Italy, and later lived in Turin, Paris, Rome, and elsewhere. Among his many works are Invisible Cities, If on a winter's night a traveler, The Baron in the Trees, and other novels, as well as numerous collections of fiction, folktales, criticism, and essays. His works have been translated into dozens of languages. |