by Italo Calvino · Seuil · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782020324274
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«Cosmicomics» is Italo Calvino's collection of science fiction stories, published by Seuil in paperback (153 pages, in French).
Twelve stories narrated by Qfwfq, an eternal character who has witnessed the birth of the universe and remembers how galaxies formed, planets solidified, and life emerged. Calvino imbues scientific theories with human emotions and relationships and plays with time, space, and matter in situations full of humour.
This French edition, translated by Jean Thibaudeau, belongs to Seuil's Points collection. The original, «Le cosmicomiche», dates from 1965.
For readers of science fiction or fantasy and for those who appreciate Italian literature and short fiction.
Italo Calvino was an Italian novelist and short story writer. His best-known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy (1952–1959), the Cosmicomics collection of short stories (1965), and the novels Invisible Cities (1972) and If on a winter's night a traveler (1979).
