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The watcher & other stories.
by Calvino, Italo
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good in very good dust jacket. VG-condition. Pages somewhat faded but unblemished. No writing in book. Some wear to dust ja
- ISBN 10
- 0151948801
- ISBN 13
- 9780151948802
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Clayton, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. VG-condition. Pages somewhat faded but unblemished. No writing in book. Some wear to dust jacket (see photo).. Text in English, Italian. 181 p. 21 cm. "A Helen and Kurt Wolff book." Translation of La giornata d'uno scrutatore (The watcher), La nuvola di smog (Smog), and La formica argentina (The Argentine ant), first published in 1963, 1958, and 1952, respectively.
Synopsis
The three long stories in this volume show the range and virtuosity of Italy’s most imaginative writer. “Like Jorge Luis Borges and Gabriel García Márquez, Italo Calvino dreams perfect dreams for us” (John Updike, New Yorker).Translated by William Weaver and Archibald Colquhoun. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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- Dinah Moe's Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Alibris.0008623
- Title
- The watcher & other stories.
- Author
- Calvino, Italo
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in very good dust jacket. VG-condition. Pages somewhat faded but unblemished. No writing in book. Some wear to dust ja
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0151948801
- ISBN 13
- 9780151948802
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Literature|Short Stories
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