by Italo Calvino · Siruela · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788478441693
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«El barón rampante» is the novel by Italo Calvino published by Siruela in paperback (276 pages, in Spanish).
In an act of rebellion, Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò, a twelve-year-old noble youth, climbs up an oak tree and decides never to come down. From the trees he takes part in the life of his community, the French Revolution and the Napoleonic invasions, in a novel about individual freedom and the individual's relationship with society.
Second instalment of the I nostri antenati series; originally published in 1957 as Il barone rampante. Translated by Esther Benítez.
Will appeal to readers of classics, Italian literature and fiction with fantastical and historical elements.
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).
