Mr. Palomar (Helen and Kurt Wolff Books) - Softcover

Calvino, Italo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156627809 ISBN 13: 9780156627801

Publisher: Mariner Books, 1986

Synopsis

Title: Mr. Palomar <>Binding: Paperback <>Author: ItaloCalvino <>Publisher: MarinerBooks

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Review:

"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)

"Beautifully nimble, solitary feats of imagination" (Seamus Heaney)

"Calvino represents a high point of literary evolution; his skill is immense but retains a simian agility. As ever, his gaze is crystal clear and his writing has the easy beauty of clarity." (New Statesman)

Book Description:

SALES POINTS: * Part of a comprehensive reissue programme which reintroduces Calvino's major works in a stunning new jackets. * 'As ever (Calvino's) gaze is crystal clear and his writing has the easy beauty of clarity' - New Statement. * Core stock title. * 'Mr Calvino was a magician whose voice commanded us: listen, look and understand' - Sunday Telegraph.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0156627809
• ISBN 13: 9780156627801
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144