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Italo calvino imagines a novel capable of endless mutations in this intricately crafted story about writing and readers. The book follows a strict mathematical structure, but it is decidedly unrealistic, at times a poetic and brilliantly described past, at times contemporary elements are dropped in. They are told to you from marco polos perspective as he tells his tales to emperor. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Read it, it will help your mind think in different ways. Listen to italian folktales audiobook by italo calvino. He is an irrepressible dreamer and an inveterate schemer. His best known works include the our ancestors trilogy 19521959, the cosmicomics collection of short stories 1965, and the novels invisible. If on a winters night a traveler audible audiobook. Oct, 2017 so, this sunday being italo calvinos birthday, it seems as good a time as any to share some of the treatments artists have given various cities from what is probably his most beloved book. He had big white hands and wore pajamas buttoned up to the neck. Italo calvino, marco paolini, full color sound srl.
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