Cosmicomics - Softcover

Italo Calvino

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156226006 ISBN 13: 9780156226004

Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976

Synopsis

Enchanting stories about the evolution of the universe, with characters that are fashioned from mathematical formulae and cellular structures. "Naturally, we were all there, - old Qfwfq said, - where else could we have been? Nobody knew then that there could be space. Or time either: what use did we have for time, packed in there like sardines?" Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

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About the Authors

ITALO CALVINO's superb storytelling gifts earned him international renown and a reputation as "one of the world's best fabulists" (New York Times Book Review). He is the author of numerous works of fiction, as well as essays, criticism, and literary anthologies. Born in Cuba in 1923, Calvino was raised in Italy, where he lived most of his life. At the time of his death, in Siena in 1985, he was the most-translated contemporary Italian writer.

WILLIAM WEAVER has been the leading translator of Italian writing into English for half a century and several samples of his own work are included in "Open City," Among his previous books is "A Legacy of Excellence: The Story of Villa I Tatti," Weaver divides his year among Italy, New York City, and Annandale-on-Hudson, where he is on the faculty of Bard College.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
• Publication date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0156226006
• ISBN 13: 9780156226004
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 153