Adam, One Afternoon

Author(s): Italo Calvino

Fiction

This collection of playful, deadly fables is populated with waifs and strays, a gluttonous thief and a mischievous gardener. The grimly comic story "The Argentine Ant" moved Gore Vidal to declare 'if this is not a masterpiece of twentieth-century prose writing, I cannot think of anything better'.


Product Information

An acclaimed collection of enchanting, comic and clever tales from the Italian master

Italo Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923. He grew up in Italy. He was an essayist and journalist and a member of the editorial staff of Einaudi in Turin. In 1973 he won the prestigious Premio Feltrinelli. He died in 1985.

General Fields

  • : 9780099287032
  • : United Book Distributors
  • : United Book Distributors
  • : 0.137
  • : 01 August 1992
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 12mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Italo Calvino
  • : Paperback
  • : 0101
  • : 853.914
  • : 192