ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Italo Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923, and grew up in Italy. He was an
essayist and journalist and a member of the editorial staff of Einaudi in
Turin. His other novels include If on a winter’s night a traveller and The
Castle of Crossed Destinies. In 1973 he won the prestigious Premio
Feltrinelli. He died in 1985.
ALSO BY ITALO CALVINO
The Path to the Spiders’ Nests
Adam, One Afternoon
Our Ancestors
Why Read the Classics?
Marcovaldo
Cosmicomics
Time and the Hunter
The Watcher and Other Stories
Italian Folktales
If on a winter’s night a traveller
The Castle of Crossed Destinies
Mr Palomar
The Literature Machine
Six Memos for the Next Millennium
Under the Jaguar Sun
The Road to San Giovanni
Numbers in the Dark
Difficult Loves
Hermit in Paris
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