by Italo Calvino · Mondadori · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788804370857
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«Il barone rampante» is the novel by Italo Calvino, published by Mondadori in paperback (263 pages, in Italian).
The narrator recalls the life of his brother Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò, a young nobleman from eighteenth-century Liguria who, after a family dispute, climbs a tree and decides never to come down. From the treetops he takes part in the life of Ombrosa, converses with illustrious figures, experiences a tormented love affair with Viola, and defends his own idea of freedom.
The novel was originally published in 1957, and this edition is part of the Opere di Italo Calvino collection.
A suitable read for fans of literary fiction and Italian classics, and also for those who want to practise Italian.
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).
