Adam, One Afternoon (Picador Books) [Paperback]

Italo Calvino (Author), A. Colquhoun (Translator), Paul M. Wright (Translator)

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Publication Date: July 6, 1984 | Series: Picador Books

This collection of playful, deadly fables is populated with waifs and strays, a gluttonous thief and a mischievous gardener. The grimly comic story "The Argentine Ant" moved Gore Vidal to declare 'if this is not a masterpiece of twentieth-century prose writing, I cannot think of anything better'.

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Text: English, Italian (translation) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Italo Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923. He grew up in Italy. He was an essayist and journalist and a member of the editorial staff of Einaudi in Turin. In 1973 he won the prestigious Premio Feltrinelli. He died in 1985. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

Paperback: 190 pages
Publisher: Macmillan Education Australia (July 6, 1984)
ISBN-10: 0330283022
ISBN-13: 978-0330283021
Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,326,746 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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