These early short stories brim with the beauty of the Italian countryside and seaside, telling tales both sumptuous and unnerving.
Calvino's war-torn Italy is vivid, intense, almost hyper-real. A trio of greedy burglars rob a pastry shop, a boy offers a girl presents of toads and insects from the garden, a wealthy family invites a rustic goatherd to lunch, only to mock him. In every story he reveals the hidden meaning beneath the surface of everyday life, and the ludicrousness of war.
Some stories from Last Comes the Raven have been previously available in the collection Adam, One Afternoon. This new expanded collection includes several stories newly translated by Ann Goldstein and is an important addition to Calvino's legacy.
'In Last Comes the Raven, a collection of early stories, we find the man behind the magician' New Yorker
| ISBN: | 9781784878214 |
| Publication date: | 3rd August 2023 |
| Author: | Italo Calvino |
| Publisher: | Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 320 pages |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary War, combat and military adventure fiction Narrative theme: Sense of place Shorter Reads Fiction in translation |