Italian Folktales.
by CALVINO, Italo (selected and retold by)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0151457700
- ISBN 13
- 9780151457700
- Seller
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Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Chosen as one of the New York Times’s ten best books in the year of its original publication, this collection immediately won a cherished place among lovers of the tale and vaulted Calvino into the ranks of the great folklorists. Introduction by the Author; illustrations. Translated by George Martin. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
Reviews
I read this book a while ago and enjoyed it. It opened my eyes to the patterns and themes in folk/fairytales, as well s being fun to read. I think my favorite story, which I still remember, was called A Pot of Marjoram.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60859
- Title
- Italian Folktales.
- Author
- CALVINO, Italo (selected and retold by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0151457700
- ISBN 13
- 9780151457700
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,
- Place of Publication
- NY:
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- 0151457700, Italian Literature, FOLKLORE, TRANSLATION
Terms of Sale
Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB
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Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB
About Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB
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