Italian Folktales by Italo Calvino - ISBN: 9780141181349
Paperback
Journey to Italy: tales of tricksters, saints, and adventure await.

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    800 pages

  • Release Date

    28 May 2009

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Summary

A collection of folktales to transport the reader into a world of adventurers, tricksters, kings, peasants and saints.

Meticulously selected and artfully recreated, the selection of stories in Italian is vast and ranges geographically from Corsica and Sicily to Venice and the Alps. Calvino is himself clearly captivated by the folkloric imagination and communicates this in what is a fascinating and rich addition to folk literature.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780141181349
ISBN-10:0141181346
Author:Italo Calvino, George Martin
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:800
Release Date:28 May 2009
Weight:572g
Dimensions:197mm x 129mm x 47mm
Series:Penguin Modern Classics
About The Author

Italo Calvino

One of the most inventive of European writers and a master of allegorical fantasy, Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923 but grew up in Italy and spent most of his life there. An essayist and journalist, as well as a writer of fiction, he was awarded the prestigious Italian literary award, the Premio Feltrinelli. He died in 1985.

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