Calvino, Italo
Overview
| Works: | 2,600 works in 10,784 publications in 31 languages and 96,633 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Fiction Criticism, interpretation, etc Short stories Folk tales Biographical fiction Allegories Literature Biography Bildungsromans Autobiographies |
| Roles: | Author, Editor, Author of introduction, Librettist, Other, Translator, Compiler, Adapter, Bibliographic antecedent, Interviewee, Scenarist, Director, Contributor, Speaker, Author of afterword, colophon, etc., Dedicatee, Honoree, Creator, Arranger, pre, Narrator, win, Collector, Composer, Conceptor, Recipient, Commentator for written text, Author in quotations or text abstracts, Correspondent, wst |
| Classifications: | PQ4809.A45, 853.914 |
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Most widely held works about
Italo Calvino
- Italo Calvino : a journey toward postmodernism by Constance Markey( )
- Italo Calvino and the compass of literature by Eugenio Bolongaro( )
- Under the radiant sun and the crescent moon : Italo Calvino's storytelling by Angela M Jeannet( )
- Understanding Italo Calvino by Beno Weiss( )
- Painting with words, writing with pictures : word and image in the work of Italo Calvino by Franco Ricci( )
- Italo Calvino : letters, 1941-1985 by Italo Calvino( )
- The hermit in Paris : autobiographical writings by Italo Calvino( Book )
- Under the jaguar sun by Italo Calvino( Book )
- The mind of Italo Calvino : a critical exploration of his thought and writings by Dani Cavallaro( )
- The watcher & other stories by Italo Calvino( Book )
- Difficult games : a reading of I racconti by Italo Calvino by Franco Ricci( )
- Calvino e il teatro : storia di una passione rimossa by Enrica Ferrara( )
- Italo Calvino( Book )
- Italo Calvino's architecture of lightness : the utopian imagination in an age of urban crisis by Letizia Modena( )
- Calvino's fictions : cogito and cosmos by Kathryn Hume( Book )
- Literary philosophers? : Borges, Calvino, Eco( Book )
- Calvino and the age of Neorealism : fables of estrangement by Lucia Re( Book )
- Collection of sand : essays by Italo Calvino( Book )
- Postmodern Italian fiction : the crisis of reason in Calvino, Eco, Sciascia, Malerba by JoAnn Cannon( Book )
- With pleated eye and garnet wing : symmetries of Italo Calvino by I. T Olken( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Italo Calvino
Invisible cities by
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350 editions published between 1972 and 2018 in 12 languages and held by 3,685 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In Kublai Khan's garden, at sunset, the young Marco Polo diverts the aged emperor from his obsession with the impending end of his empire with tales of countless cities past, present, and future
350 editions published between 1972 and 2018 in 12 languages and held by 3,685 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In Kublai Khan's garden, at sunset, the young Marco Polo diverts the aged emperor from his obsession with the impending end of his empire with tales of countless cities past, present, and future
The baron in the trees by
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527 editions published between 1957 and 2019 in 14 languages and held by 3,246 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A young, eighteenth-century Italian nobleman defies parental authority by adopting an exclusively arboreal life, watching from his perch in the trees the passing of the Enlightenment and participating in its various delights and duties
527 editions published between 1957 and 2019 in 14 languages and held by 3,246 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A young, eighteenth-century Italian nobleman defies parental authority by adopting an exclusively arboreal life, watching from his perch in the trees the passing of the Enlightenment and participating in its various delights and duties
Italian folktales by
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193 editions published between 1956 and 2018 in 8 languages and held by 3,096 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Chosen as one of the New York Times's ten best books in the year of its original publication, this collection immediately won a cherished place among lovers of the tale and vaulted Calvino into the ranks of the great folklorists. Introduction by the Author illustrations. Translated by George Martin. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
193 editions published between 1956 and 2018 in 8 languages and held by 3,096 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Chosen as one of the New York Times's ten best books in the year of its original publication, this collection immediately won a cherished place among lovers of the tale and vaulted Calvino into the ranks of the great folklorists. Introduction by the Author illustrations. Translated by George Martin. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
Mr. Palomar by
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184 editions published between 1900 and 2018 in 21 languages and held by 2,474 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Italo Calvino's last fictional work is a witty, elegant, fantastic rendering of the ultimate observer, whose name, Mr. Palomar, deliberately evokes the famous telescope. "Beautiful, nimble, solitary feats of imagination" (The New York Times Book Review). Calvino is the acclaimed author of Difficult Loves and Invisible Cities
184 editions published between 1900 and 2018 in 21 languages and held by 2,474 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Italo Calvino's last fictional work is a witty, elegant, fantastic rendering of the ultimate observer, whose name, Mr. Palomar, deliberately evokes the famous telescope. "Beautiful, nimble, solitary feats of imagination" (The New York Times Book Review). Calvino is the acclaimed author of Difficult Loves and Invisible Cities
The path to the nest of spiders by
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279 editions published between 1900 and 2017 in 9 languages and held by 2,144 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Set on the Ligurian coast during World War 2, 'The Path to the Spiders' Nest' tells the story of Pin, a cobbler's apprentice who lives with his sister, a prostitute, and spends as much time as he can at the local bar
279 editions published between 1900 and 2017 in 9 languages and held by 2,144 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Set on the Ligurian coast during World War 2, 'The Path to the Spiders' Nest' tells the story of Pin, a cobbler's apprentice who lives with his sister, a prostitute, and spends as much time as he can at the local bar
The castle of crossed destinies by
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167 editions published between 1973 and 2016 in 9 languages and held by 1,935 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Distraught and speechless from their journey through the forest to the castle, strangers communicate their experiences by playing a game of tarot
167 editions published between 1973 and 2016 in 9 languages and held by 1,935 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Distraught and speechless from their journey through the forest to the castle, strangers communicate their experiences by playing a game of tarot
Why read the classics? by
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111 editions published between 1900 and 2017 in 7 languages and held by 1,846 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Italo Calvino was not only a prolific master of fiction, he was also an uncanny reader of literature, a keen critic of astonishing range. This is the most comprehensive collection of Calvino's literary criticism available in English, accounting for the enduring importance to our lives of crucial writers of the Western canon. Here--spanning more than two millennia, from antiquity to postmodernism--are thirty-six immediately relevant, elegantly written, accessible ruminations on the writers, poets, and scientists who meant most to Calvino at different stages of his life. At a time when the Western canon and the very notion of "literary greatness" have come under increasing disparagement by the vanguard of so-called multiculturalism, Calvino gives us an inspiring corrective.--From publisher description
111 editions published between 1900 and 2017 in 7 languages and held by 1,846 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Italo Calvino was not only a prolific master of fiction, he was also an uncanny reader of literature, a keen critic of astonishing range. This is the most comprehensive collection of Calvino's literary criticism available in English, accounting for the enduring importance to our lives of crucial writers of the Western canon. Here--spanning more than two millennia, from antiquity to postmodernism--are thirty-six immediately relevant, elegantly written, accessible ruminations on the writers, poets, and scientists who meant most to Calvino at different stages of his life. At a time when the Western canon and the very notion of "literary greatness" have come under increasing disparagement by the vanguard of so-called multiculturalism, Calvino gives us an inspiring corrective.--From publisher description
The nonexistent knight & the cloven viscount by
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333 editions published between 1959 and 2018 in 9 languages and held by 1,735 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Recounts the chivalrous exploits of an empty suit of armor and the separate halves of a nobleman who has been bisected by a cannon ball
333 editions published between 1959 and 2018 in 9 languages and held by 1,735 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Recounts the chivalrous exploits of an empty suit of armor and the separate halves of a nobleman who has been bisected by a cannon ball
If on a winter's night a traveler by
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20 editions published between 1900 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,710 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Calvino shows that the novel, far from being a dead form, is capable of endless mutations. If on a winter's night a traveler turns out to be not one novel but ten, each with a different plot, style, ambience, and author
20 editions published between 1900 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,710 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Calvino shows that the novel, far from being a dead form, is capable of endless mutations. If on a winter's night a traveler turns out to be not one novel but ten, each with a different plot, style, ambience, and author
Difficult loves by
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134 editions published between 1958 and 2017 in 8 languages and held by 1,682 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In a collection of stories written during the 1940s and 1950s, the author captures moments of revelation in the lives of ordinary people, instants blending recognition and alarm as deceptions and illusions are laid bare
134 editions published between 1958 and 2017 in 8 languages and held by 1,682 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In a collection of stories written during the 1940s and 1950s, the author captures moments of revelation in the lives of ordinary people, instants blending recognition and alarm as deceptions and illusions are laid bare
Six memos for the next millennium by
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44 editions published between 1988 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,513 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Collects five of six lectures Italo Calvino was about to deliver at the time of his death in 1985
44 editions published between 1988 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,513 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Collects five of six lectures Italo Calvino was about to deliver at the time of his death in 1985
Cosmicomics by
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37 editions published between 1968 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 1,454 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Enchanting stories about the evolution of the universe, with characters that are fashioned from mathematical formulae and cellular structures. "Naturally, we were all there, - old Qfwfq said, - where else could we have been? Nobody knew then that there could be space. Or time either: what use did we have for time, packed in there like sardines?"--Publisher description
37 editions published between 1968 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 1,454 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Enchanting stories about the evolution of the universe, with characters that are fashioned from mathematical formulae and cellular structures. "Naturally, we were all there, - old Qfwfq said, - where else could we have been? Nobody knew then that there could be space. Or time either: what use did we have for time, packed in there like sardines?"--Publisher description
T zero by
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110 editions published between 1900 and 2016 in 5 languages and held by 1,419 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The author's second collection of imaginative stories about the evolution of the universe transcends the boundaries of space and time while mixing comedy with higher mathematics
110 editions published between 1900 and 2016 in 5 languages and held by 1,419 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The author's second collection of imaginative stories about the evolution of the universe transcends the boundaries of space and time while mixing comedy with higher mathematics
Numbers in the dark : and other stories by
Italo Calvino(
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70 editions published between 1985 and 2016 in 6 languages and held by 1,416 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Several dozen stories by the late Italian writer. In Nothing and Not Much, a creature which witnessed the birth of the world describes the event, Henry Ford is an analysis of a captain of capitalism, and in Beheading the Heads, politicians are regularly executed to keep them on their toes
70 editions published between 1985 and 2016 in 6 languages and held by 1,416 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Several dozen stories by the late Italian writer. In Nothing and Not Much, a creature which witnessed the birth of the world describes the event, Henry Ford is an analysis of a captain of capitalism, and in Beheading the Heads, politicians are regularly executed to keep them on their toes
Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore by
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224 editions published between 1979 and 2016 in 12 languages and held by 1,367 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Vous, Lecteur, vous Lectrice, vous êtes le principal personnage de ce roman, et rejouissez-vous: c'est non seulement un des plus brillants mais aussi un des plus humoristiques qui aient été écrits dans ce quart de siècle
224 editions published between 1979 and 2016 in 12 languages and held by 1,367 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Vous, Lecteur, vous Lectrice, vous êtes le principal personnage de ce roman, et rejouissez-vous: c'est non seulement un des plus brillants mais aussi un des plus humoristiques qui aient été écrits dans ce quart de siècle
Il visconte dimezzato by
Italo Calvino(
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337 editions published between 1949 and 2018 in 12 languages and held by 1,309 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
I krigen mod tyrkerne bliver en italiensk vicomte flækket på langs og lever videre i to dele, en ond og en god
337 editions published between 1949 and 2018 in 12 languages and held by 1,309 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
I krigen mod tyrkerne bliver en italiensk vicomte flækket på langs og lever videre i to dele, en ond og en god
Marcovaldo, ovvero, Le stagioni in città by
Italo Calvino(
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243 editions published between 1963 and 2016 in 7 languages and held by 1,010 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Il protagonista delle venti novelle è il manovale Marcovaldo che si ostina a cercare la Natura in una grande città industriale. Un'accorata denuncia dei mali che affliggono la civiltà moderna. Un libro ironicamente profetico del grande narratore ligure (1923-85)."--Catalog of the publisher
243 editions published between 1963 and 2016 in 7 languages and held by 1,010 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Il protagonista delle venti novelle è il manovale Marcovaldo che si ostina a cercare la Natura in una grande città industriale. Un'accorata denuncia dei mali che affliggono la civiltà moderna. Un libro ironicamente profetico del grande narratore ligure (1923-85)."--Catalog of the publisher
Marcovaldo, or, The seasons in the city by
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25 editions published between 1900 and 2012 in 6 languages and held by 951 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An unskilled worker in a drab northern Italian industrial city of the 1950s and 1960s, Marcovaldo has a practiced eye for spotting natural beauty and an unquenchable longing to come a little closer to the unspoiled world of his imagining. Much to the puzzlement of his wife, his children, his boss, and his neighbors, he chases his dreams, gives rein to his fantasies, tries-with more ingenuousness than skill-to lessen his burden and that of those around him. The results are never the anticipated ones
25 editions published between 1900 and 2012 in 6 languages and held by 951 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An unskilled worker in a drab northern Italian industrial city of the 1950s and 1960s, Marcovaldo has a practiced eye for spotting natural beauty and an unquenchable longing to come a little closer to the unspoiled world of his imagining. Much to the puzzlement of his wife, his children, his boss, and his neighbors, he chases his dreams, gives rein to his fantasies, tries-with more ingenuousness than skill-to lessen his burden and that of those around him. The results are never the anticipated ones
The uses of literature : essays by
Italo Calvino(
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16 editions published between 1982 and 2017 in English and held by 946 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In these widely praised essays, Calvino reflects on literature as process, the great narrative game in the course of which writer and reader are challenged to understand the world. Calvino himself made the selection of pieces to be included in this volume. Translated by Patrick Creagh
16 editions published between 1982 and 2017 in English and held by 946 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In these widely praised essays, Calvino reflects on literature as process, the great narrative game in the course of which writer and reader are challenged to understand the world. Calvino himself made the selection of pieces to be included in this volume. Translated by Patrick Creagh
Adam, one afternoon and other stories by
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134 editions published between 1949 and 2014 in 6 languages and held by 943 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Nueva edición revisada. Estas breves historias, algunas violentas, otras amargas, otras misteriosas y muchas grotescas, evocan, directa o indirectamente, la experiencia bélica aún cercana para Italo Calvino; pero la ternura que imprime a sus personajes más crueles, risibles o patéticos, la magia que se cuela siempre por las narraciones más impregnadas de un realismo casi costumbrista y la transparencia de la escritura nos revelan a un autor ;ya en sus comienzos; de una deslumbrante y sorprendente madurez literaria
134 editions published between 1949 and 2014 in 6 languages and held by 943 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Nueva edición revisada. Estas breves historias, algunas violentas, otras amargas, otras misteriosas y muchas grotescas, evocan, directa o indirectamente, la experiencia bélica aún cercana para Italo Calvino; pero la ternura que imprime a sus personajes más crueles, risibles o patéticos, la magia que se cuela siempre por las narraciones más impregnadas de un realismo casi costumbrista y la transparencia de la escritura nos revelan a un autor ;ya en sus comienzos; de una deslumbrante y sorprendente madurez literaria
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Related Identities
- Weaver, William 1923-2013 Bibliographic antecedent Translator Editor
- McLaughlin, M. L. (Martin L.) Other Translator Editor Author
- Polo, Marco 1254-1323
- Kublai Khan 1216-1294
- Ricci, Franco 1953- Author Editor
- Martin, George Translator
- Markey, Constance Author
- Bolongaro, Eugenio 1959- Author
- Jeannet, Angela M. Author
- Weiss, Beno 1933- Author
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Allegories Authors, American Authors, Italian Best books Books and reading Borges, Jorge Luis, Calvino, Italo Canon (Literature) City and town life Eco, Umberto Existentialism in literature Experimental fiction France--Paris Historical fiction Homes Intellectual life Interpersonal relations Italian fiction Italian language Italian literature Italy Italy--Liguria Italy--Venice Kublai Khan, Literary style Literature Literature--Philosophy Malerba, Luigi Manners and customs Man-woman relationships New York (State)--Larchmont New York (State)--Westchester County Novelists, Italian Peasants Philosophy in literature Polo, Marco, Postmodernism (Literature) Racconti (Calvino, Italo) Realism in literature Sciascia, Leonardo Science fiction, Italian Sentiero dei nidi di ragno (Calvino, Italo) Short stories Short stories, Italian Tales Tarot Tarot cards Technique War and literature World War (1939-1945)
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Alternative Names
Calvino, .. 1923-1985
Calvino, I.
Calvino Italo
Calvino, Italo 1923-1985
Calvino Mameli, Italo Giovanni 1923-1985
Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino écrivain italien
Italo Calvino en italiensk författare
Italo Calvino escriptor italià
Italo Calvino Escritor y periodista italiano
Italo Calvino Italiaans schrijver
Italo Calvino italialainen kirjailija ja toimittaja
Italo Calvino italialainen poliitikko
Italo Calvino Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels
Italo Calvino italienischer Schriftsteller
Italo Calvino italský spisovatel
Italo Calvino Italya mama llaqta qillqaq
Italo Calvino pisarz włoski
Italo Calvino scrittore italiano
İtalo Kalvino
Italu Calvinu
Italus Calvino
Kālfīnū, Ītālū 1923-1985
Kalvinas Italas
Kalvino, I.
Kalʹvino, Italo
Kalʹvino, Italo 1923-1985
Karuvīno, Itaro 1923-1985
Ίταλο Καλβίνο
Итало Калвино
Итало Кальвино
Кальвино, Итало 1923-1985
Італа Кальвіна
Італё Кальвіна
Італо Кальвіно
Իտալո Կալվինո
איטלו קאלווינו
איטלו קאלווינו סופר איטלקי
קאלווינו, איטאלו
קלוינו, איטלו
קלוינו, איטלו 1923-1985
إيتالو كالفينو
إيتالو كالفينو، 1923-1985
ایتالو کالوینو نویسنده، خبرنگار، منتقد و نظریه پرداز ایتالیایی
كالفينو، إيتالو، 1923-1985
كالفينو، إيطالو، 1923-1985
ਇਤਾਲੋ ਕਲਵੀਨੋ
இதாலா கால்வினோ
ఇటాలో కాల్వినో
ഇറ്റാലൊ കൽവീനൊ
იტალო კალვინო იტალიელი ჟურნალისტი და მწერალი
이탈로 칼비노
칼비노, 이탈로 1923-1985
イタロ・カルヴィーノ
カルヴィーノ, I.
カルヴィーノ, イタロ
伊塔罗·卡尔维诺
卡尓维诺
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