Under the Jaguar Sun - Hardcover
The senses - taste, hearing and smell - dominate the lives of the characters in this collection of three short stories, by the author of "Invisible Cities", "Difficult Loves", "If on a Winter's Night a Traveller", "Marcovaldo" and "Mr Palomar".
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review:
‘...continues Calvino’s lifelong campaign to add more territory to the empire of the imagination.' -- Time
‘In all three stories, intellectual keenness accompanies intense receptiveness to sensuous nuance’ -- Sunday Times
‘In no one’s work... has the torch of literature flared so brightly or so reliably as it did in Italo Calvino’s immaculate collection of slim volumes’ -- Independent
‘Lean and precise, these dialectical fragments create beauty and profundity from the paradoxes and commonplaces of lived experience’ -- New Statesman
‘The greatest Italian writer in the twentieth century’ -- Guardian
From the Publisher:
‘In all three stories, intellectual keenness accompanies intense receptiveness to sensuous nuance’ -- Sunday Times
‘In no one’s work... has the torch of literature flared so brightly or so reliably as it did in Italo Calvino’s immaculate collection of slim volumes’ -- Independent
‘Lean and precise, these dialectical fragments create beauty and profundity from the paradoxes and commonplaces of lived experience’ -- New Statesman
‘The greatest Italian writer in the twentieth century’ -- Guardian
In these three witty and fantastical stories, Italo Calvino explores the sensory aptitudes of the body in taste, hearing and smell.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherJonathan Cape Ltd
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0224033107
- ISBN 13 9780224033107
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages96
- Rating
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Under the Jaguar Sun
Published by
Jonathan Cape
(1992)
ISBN 10: 0224033107
ISBN 13: 9780224033107
Used
Hardcover
Quantity: 3
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR003794090
Buy Used
£ 7.94
Convert currency
Stock Image
Under the Jaguar Sun
Published by
Jonathan Cape
(1992)
ISBN 10: 0224033107
ISBN 13: 9780224033107
Used
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardback. Condition: Fine. Seller Inventory # GOR012049183
Buy Used
£ 7.94
Convert currency
Seller Image
Under the Jaguar Sun
Published by
Jonathan Cape Ltd
(1992)
ISBN 10: 0224033107
ISBN 13: 9780224033107
Used
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. Seller Inventory # wbs6054096993
Buy Used
£ 7.85
Convert currency
Seller Image
Under the Jaguar Sun
Published by
Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1992-02-20
(1992)
ISBN 10: 0224033107
ISBN 13: 9780224033107
Used
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: Very Good. Zustandsangabe altersgemäß. Sofortversand aus Deutschland. Buch wiegt maximal 500g. 83 Seiten. In englischer Sprache. Schutzumschlag mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren, Einband gut. Seller Inventory # 5107264 wi
Buy Used
£ 4.42
Convert currency
Stock Image
Under the Jaguar Sun
Published by
Jonathan Cape, London
(1992)
ISBN 10: 0224033107
ISBN 13: 9780224033107
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Seller Inventory # 009937
Buy Used
£ 8
Convert currency
Stock Image
Under the Jaguar Sun
Published by
London: Jonathan Cape
(1992)
ISBN 10: 0224033107
ISBN 13: 9780224033107
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Fine. Hardcover book, 1st ED UK, 86pp. Translated by William Weaver. 3 stories, written before the author's death, which were to be part of a series of stories about the five senses. A Fine copy in a Fine but price clipped dustjacket. Pictures available. Seller Inventory # 22557
Buy Used
£ 12
Convert currency
Seller Image
Under the Jaguar Sun
Published by
Jonathan Cape Ltd
(1992)
ISBN 10: 0224033107
ISBN 13: 9780224033107
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1992 Cape Hardcover 1st Edition 1st Impression. Fine copy with near fine unclipped dustjacket. Wonderful jacket design as shown. Seller Inventory # ABE-8188817911771471454
Buy Used
£ 25
Convert currency
Stock Image
UNDER THE JAGUAR SUN.
Published by
Jonathan Cape,, London,
(1988)
ISBN 10: 0224033107
ISBN 13: 9780224033107
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description 8vo. pp 86 Fine in fine dust wrapper. First U.s. Edition. Seller Inventory # 61107
Buy Used
£ 49.41
Convert currency
Stock Image
Under the Jaguar Sun
Published by
Jonathan Cape
(1992)
ISBN 10: 0224033107
ISBN 13: 9780224033107
Used
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: Fine. Book is in Used-LikeNew condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear. Seller Inventory # 0224033107-2-2
Buy Used
£ 64.61
Convert currency