The Path to the Spiders' Nests: An Insightful Novel of Innocence and War in Partisan Italyâ A Child's Coming-of-Age Story

Calvino, Italo

ISBN 10: 0060956585 / ISBN 13: 9780060956585

Published by Ecco, 2000

About this Item

Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Path to the Spiders' Nests: An Insightful Novel of Innocence and War in Partisan Italyâ A Child's Coming-of-Age Story
• Publisher: Ecco
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060956585
• ISBN 13: 9780060956585
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

Italo Calvino was only twenty-three when he first published this bold and imaginative novel. It tells the story of Pin, a cobbler's apprentice in a town on the Ligurian coast during World War II. He lives with his sister, a prostitute, and spends as much time as he can at a seedy bar where he amuses the adult patrons. After a mishap with a Nazi soldier, Pin becomes involved with a band of partisans. Calvino's portrayal of these characters, seen through the eyes of a child, is not only a revealing commentary on the Italian resistance but an insightful coming-of-age story. Updated to include changes from Calvino's definitive Italian edition, previously censored passages, and his newly translated, unabridged preface--in which Calvino brilliantly critiques and places into historical context his own youthful work--The Path to the Spiders' Nests is animated by the formidable imagination that has made Italo Calvino one of the most respected writers of our time.

About the Author

Italo Calvino (1923–1985) was born in Cuba and grew up in San Remo, Italy. He began as an essayist and a journalist but is best known for his fiction, including Invisible Cities, If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler, Marcovaldo, and Mr. Palomar.