Last Comes the Raven (Paperback)

These early short stories brim with the beauty of the Italian countryside and seaside, telling tales both sumptuous and unnerving. Calvino's war-torn Italy is vivid, intense, almost hyper-real. A trio of greedy burglars rob a pastry shop, a boy offers a girl presents of toads and insects from the garden, a wealthy family invites a rustic goatherd to lunch, only to mock him. In every story he reveals the hidden meaning beneath the surface of everyday life, and the ludicrousness of war. Some stories from Last Comes the Raven have been previously available in the collection Adam, One Afternoon. This new expanded collection includes several stories newly translated by Ann Goldstein and is an important addition to Calvino's legacy. 'In Last Comes the Raven, a collection of early stories, we find the man behind the magician' New Yorker

General

Imprint:	Vintage Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2023
Authors:	Italo Calvino
Translators:	Archibald Colquhoun • Peggy Wright • Ann Goldstein • Ben Johnson • William Weaver
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-78487-821-4
Subtitles:	Italian
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General Promotions
LSN:	1-78487-821-9
Barcode:	9781784878214

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