Adam, One Afternoon by Italo Calvino

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Adam, One Afternoon by Italo Calvino

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This collection of playful, deadly febles is populated with waifs and strays, a gluttonous thief and a mischievous gardener. The grimly comic story The Argentine Ant moved Gore Vidal to declare 'if this is not a masterpiece of twentieth-century prose writing, I cannot think of anything better'.

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Adam, One Afternoon by Italo Calvino

This collection of playful, deadly fables is populated with waifs and strays, a gluttonous thief and a mischievous gardener. The grimly comic story "The Argentine Ant" moved Gore Vidal to declare 'if this is not a masterpiece of twentieth-century prose writing, I cannot think of anything better'.
Italo Calvino's Adam, One Afternoon confirms the part he has played in revitalising the art of fiction in our timeIn these beautifully translated stories, the quality of the writing emerges as clearly as do the ease and range of his inventiveness. Calvino's special gift is to link the physical and immediate with an allegorical timelessness-All the characters and creatures in these stories conspire to convey a feeling of the wonder, mystery and terror of life * Guardian *
Calvino's strength is his economy and subtlety. The best of his allegorical fantasies have the power of the Brothers Grimm, rollicking stories on the surface, with an underlying savagery * Listener *
Italo Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923. He grew up in Italy. He was an essayist and journalist and a member of the editorial staff of Einaudi in Turin. In 1973 he won the prestigious Premio Feltrinelli. He died in 1985.
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ISBN 13 9780099287032
ISBN 10 009928703X
Title Adam, One Afternoon
Author Italo Calvino
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Binding type Paperback
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Year published 1992-08-20
Number of pages 192
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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