Last Comes the Raven: And Other Stories by Calvino, Italo

Last Comes the Raven: And Other Stories

The first complete English-language edition of one of Calvino's important early short story collections Blending reality and...
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Author: Italo Calvino
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Last Comes the Raven: And Other Stories by Calvino, Italo

Last Comes the Raven: And Other Stories

$25.63

Last Comes the Raven: And Other Stories

$25.63
Author: Italo Calvino
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The first complete English-language edition of one of Calvino's important early short story collections

Blending reality and illusion with elegance and precision, the stories in this collection--one of Calvino's earliest--take place in a World War II-era and postwar Italy tinged with the visionary and fablelike qualities that would come to define this master storyteller's later style. A trio of gluttonous burglars invade a pastry shop; two children trespass upon a forbidden garden; a wealthy family invites a rustic goatherd to lunch, only to mock him. In the title story, a compact masterpiece of shifting perspectives, a panicked soldier tries to keep his wits--and his life--when he faces off against a young partisan with a loaded rifle and miraculous aim. Throughout, Calvino delights in discovering hidden truths beneath the surface of everyday life.

Stories from Last Comes the Raven have been published in translation, but the collection as a whole has never appeared in English. This volume, including several stories newly translated by Ann Goldstein, is an important addition to Calvino's legacy.

Author: Italo Calvino
Publisher: Mariner Books Classics
Published: 06/15/2021
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.33w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780544146709

About the Author
ITALO CALVINO (1923-1985) attained worldwide renown as the author of Invisible Cities, The Baron in the Trees, and numerous collections of fiction and essays.

ANN GOLDSTEIN has translated widely from Italian, including the works of Elena Ferrante, Primo Levi, Alessandro Baricco, and others.

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