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Italian Folk Tales

Italian Folk Tales

by George Martin (Translator), George Martin (Translator), Italo Calvino (Author)

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    Paperback 2000

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Synopsis

Meticulously selected and artfully recreated, the selection of stories in Italian is vast and ranges geographically from Corsica and Sicily to Venice and the Alps. Calvino is himself clearly captivated by the folkloric imagination and communicates this in what is a fascinating and rich addition to folk literature.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 795
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Penguin
Published: 24 Feb 2000
ISBN 10: 0141181346
ISBN 13: 9780141181349

Author Bio
One of the most inventive of European writers and a master of allegorical fantasy, Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923 but grew up in Italy and spent most of his life there. An essayist and journalist, as well as a writer of fiction, he was awarded the prestigious Italian literary award, the Premio Feltrinelli. He died in 1985.