Hermit in Paris: Autobiographical Writings [Uncorrected Bound Galleys]
by Calvino, Italo; Translated by Martin McLaughlin
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Near fine
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Synopsis
Italo Calvino (1923—1985) was born in Cuba and grew up in San Remo, Italy. He was a member of the partisan movement during the German occupation of northern Italy in World War II. The novel that resulted from that experience, published in English as The Path to the Nest of Spiders, won widespread acclaim. His other works of fiction include The Baron in the Trees , The Castle of Crossed Destinies , Cosmicomics , Difficult Loves , If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler , Invisible Cities , Marcovaldo , Mr. Palomar , The Nonexistent Knight & the Cloven Viscount , t zero , Under the Jaguar Sun , The Watcher and Other Stories , and Numbers in the Dark . His works of nonfiction include include The Road to San Giovanni and Six Memos for the Next Millennium .
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- Bookseller
- Common Crow Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B56878
- Title
- Hermit in Paris: Autobiographical Writings [Uncorrected Bound Galleys]
- Author
- Calvino, Italo; Translated by Martin McLaughlin
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Uncorrected Bound Galleys
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Literature, Essays, Biography
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