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This collection of diabolically brilliant stories, fables, and "impossible interviews" confirms Calvino's stature as one of the essential writers of the 20th century. Written between 1943 and 1984, these several dozen short stories range over a panoply of concerns--politics, the nature of power, the quest for the truth, and the elusive possiblity of human connection.

"This collection does nothing to undermine the impression some of us may cherish of Calvino as the magus of flibbertigibbits, but as trawl through the lumber-room of his restless imagination it is more than mildly rewarding."

Jonathan Keates, Spectator, 11/25/1995

"...a glorious grab bag, plagued by unevenness but with enough gems from every phase in Calvino's career to seem indispensable."

Michael Upchurch, San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, 01/21/1996

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