Mr.Palomar
(häftad)av Italo Calvino
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- Format:
- Häftad (paperback)
- Utgiven:
- 1994-07-01
- Språk:
- Engelska
Mr. Palomar is a delightful eccentric whose chief activity is looking at things. He is seeking knowledge; 'it is only after you have come to know the surface of things that you can venture to seek what is underneath'. Whether contemplating a fine cheese, a hungry gecko, a woman sunbathing topless or a flight of migrant starlings, Mr. Palomar's observations render the world afresh.
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Fler böcker av Italo Calvino
KosmokomikItalo Calvino (pocket) |
Invisible CitiesItalo Calvino, William Weaver (häftad) |
Kosmokomik : novellerItalo Calvino (inbunden) |
If on a Winter's Night a TravellerItalo Calvino (häftad) | |||
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36:- Köp
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84:- Köp
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133:- Köp
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94:- Köp
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'Here, Calvino, probably Italy's leading novelist before he died, focuses a probing eye on one man's attempt to name the parts of his universe, almost as though Mr Palomar were trying to define and explain his own existence. Where the Palomar telescope points out into space, Mr Palomar points in: walking the beach, visiting the zoo, strolling in his garden. Each brief chapter reads like an exploded haiku, with Mr Palomar reading an universe into the proverbial grain of sand' Time Out
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Övrig information
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
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