{"product_id":"into-the-war-book-italo-calvino-9780544146389","title":"Into the War","description":"This book deals both with a transition from adolescence into youth and with a move from peace to war: as for very many other people, for the protagonist of this book entry into life and entry into war coincide. from the Author s Note \u003cbr\u003eThese three stories, set during the summer of 1940, draw on Italo Calvino s memories of his own adolescence during the Second World War, too young to be forced to fight in Mussolini s army but old enough to be conscripted into the Italian youth brigades. The callow narrator of these tales observes the mounting unease of a city girding itself for war, the looting of an occupied French town, and nighttime revels during a blackout. Appearing here in its first English translation, \u003ci\u003eInto the War\u003c\/i\u003e is one of Calvino s only works of autobiographical fiction. It offers both a glimpse of this writer s extraordinary life and a distilled dram of his wry, ingenious literary voice. \u003cbr\u003e All three stories attest to the potentially magical, transformative space of adolescence . . . The seeds of the later Calvino the fabulist who worked profound moral and ethical points into his narratives are all here. Joseph Luzzi, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eITALO CALVINO (1923 1985) attained worldwide renown as one of the twentieth century s greatest storytellers. Born in Cuba, he was raised in Italy, where he lived most of his life. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50094983479569,"sku":"CIN0544146387G","price":9.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51164848685329,"sku":"NIN9780544146389","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51472481190161,"sku":"CIN0544146387VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0544146387.jpg?v=1786119691","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/into-the-war-book-italo-calvino-9780544146389","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}