The complete cosmicomics / Italo Calvino; translated by Martin McLaughlin, Tim Parks, and William Weaver.
By: Calvino, Italo
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Contributor(s): McLaughlin, Martin [translator] | Parks, Tim [translator] | Weaver, William [translator].
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BookPlace of publication: New YorkPublisher: Mariner ClassicsDate of publication: 2014Description: 402 pages: 21 cm.ISBN: 9780544577879.Subject(s): Short stories, Italian | Italian fiction | Italy -- Manners and custom -- FictionDDC classification: 853.914 C168 2014 Summary: Italo Calvino's beloved cosmicomics cross planets and traverse galaxies, speed up time or slow it down to the particles of an instant. Through the eyes of an ageless guide named Qfwfq, Calvino explores natural phenomena and tells the story of the origins of the universe. Poignant, fantastical, and wise, these thirty-four dazzling stories - collected here in one definitive volume - relate complex scientific and mathematical concepts to our everyday world. They are an indelible (and unfailingly delightful) literary achievement.
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Italo Calvino's beloved cosmicomics cross planets and traverse galaxies, speed up time or slow it down to the particles of an instant. Through the eyes of an ageless guide named Qfwfq, Calvino explores natural phenomena and tells the story of the origins of the universe. Poignant, fantastical, and wise, these thirty-four dazzling stories - collected here in one definitive volume - relate complex scientific and mathematical concepts to our everyday world. They are an indelible (and unfailingly delightful) literary achievement.
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