In a realm where speech is silenced, a group of travellers weave their tales through tarot cards, creating a surreal tapestry of interconnected human experiences... Zobraziť viac
Why Read the Classics? is an elegant defence of the value of great literature by one of the finest authors of the last century. Beginning with an essay on the attributes that define a classic (number one - classics are those books that ... Zobraziť viac
Italo Calvino (nar. 1923, zemř. 1985) je jedním z nejvýznamnějších italských spisovatelů druhé poloviny dvacátého století. Zpočátku psal v duchu realismu, pozdější texty jsou ovlivněny Queneauem... Zobraziť viac
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics... Zobraziť viac
Vrcholné dílo posledního tvůrčího období významného italského spisovatele. Zobraziť viac
Marcovaldo is an enchanting collection of twenty stories that are both melancholy and funny, farce and fantasy. Calvino charts the struggles of an Italian peasant to reconcile country habits with urban life, combining comical disasters with a... Zobraziť viac
Italo Calvino was one of the most joyful and imaginative writers of the twentieth century. Here he muses on what the things we leave behind — whether waxworks or ancient graffiti, enigmatic maps or... Zobraziť viac
From the age of twelve, the Baron Cosimo Piovasco di Rondo makes his home among ash, elm, magnolia, plum and almond, living up in the trees. He walks through paths made from the twisted branches of olive... Zobraziť viac
V povídkách souboru T nula Italo Calvino rozvíjí tematiku i formální strategie iniciované Kosmickými groteskami a dokládá, že experimentální verva ho rozhodně neopustila. Calvino vždy přikládal velkou váhu dialogu literatury a vědy a .. Zobraziť viac
First paperback publication of Italo Calvino's phenomenally funny account of the universe as a cosmic joke... Zobraziť viac
In these three witty and fantastical stories, Italo Calvino explores the sensory aptitudes of the body in taste, hearing and smell... Zobraziť viac
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... Zobraziť viac
Stavolta Calvino si è spinto più a ritroso nei secoli e il suo romanzo si svolge tra i paladini di Carlomagno, in quel Medioevo fuori d'ogni verosimiglianza storica e geografica che è proprio dei... Zobraziť viac
Leads you through many different books including a detective adventure, a romance, a satire, an erotic story, a diary, and a quest... Zobraziť viac
Pin is a bawdy, adolescent cobbler's assistant, both arrogant and insecure who - while the Second World War rages - sings songs and tells jokes to endear himself to the grown-ups of his town - particularly jokes about his sister, who they all know ... Zobraziť viac
An ingenious exploration of the meaning of literature, from one of Italy's most beloved writers... Zobraziť viac
"Prekladom Odkazov tretiemu tisícročiu nechceme pripomenúť len význam a podnetnosť Calvinovho diela pre dnešok, vrátane jeho literárnej esejistiky. Zároveň je to vhodná príležitosť obrátiť pozornosť na autorov, na ktorých sa Calvino v Odkazoch zameriava". Zobraziť viac
Difficult Loves is a beautifully translated collection of early stories by the highly regarded Italian writer, Italo Calvino. A genius of twentieth century fiction, Calvino wrote the fictions in the 1940's and 50's... Zobraziť viac
This is the first, comprehensive translation of Calvino's letters into English, by Martin McLaughlin. They cover virtually all of Calvino's adult life, from shortly after the outset of WWII until his sudden death in 1985... Zobraziť viac
A beautiful hardback edition of Calvino's incomparable, genre-defying, wondrous masterwork... Zobraziť viac
