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Italo Calvino
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Invisible Cities
Автор: Italo Calvino Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 1997 Страниц: 176 Дата загрузки: 11 августа 20092000-09-24
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In «Invisible Cities» Marco Polo conjures up cities of magical times for his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan, but gradually it becomes clear that he is actually describing one city: Venice. As Gore Vidal wrote ‘Of all tasks, describing the contents of a book is the most difficult and in the case of a marvelous invention like «Invisible Cities», perfectly irrelevant’.
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If On A Winter's Night A Traveller
Автор: Italo Calvino Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2007 Страниц: 272 Дата загрузки: 27 августа 20092010-02-24
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You go into a bookshop and buy If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino. You like it. But alas there is a printer’s error in your copy. You take it back to the shop and get a replacement. But the replacement seems to be a totally different story. You try to track down the original book you were reading but end up with a different narrative again. This remarkable novel leads you through many different books including a detective adventure, a romance, a satire, an erotic story, a diary and a quest. But the real hero is you, the reader.
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Difficult Loves
Автор: Italo Calvino Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 1993 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 19 февраля 20091995-10-21
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This dazzling collection of stories follows the individual adventures of a varied cast of characters and masterfully illustrates Calvino's unique perspective and narrative gifts. As well as the eleven tales from his «Difficult Loves» collection this volume also includes «Smog» and «A Plunge into Real Estate».
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