by Italo Calvino · Editions du Seuil · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782020286046
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«Le Baron perché» is a novel by Italo Calvino, published by Editions du Seuil in paperback (283 pages, in French).
At the age of twelve, the nobleman Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò climbs a tree and decides never to come down again. He lives among the treetops observing the world, with singular adventures and encounters. Set in the eighteenth century, the novel is a philosophical tale about freedom, individuality, and the human relationship with nature.
This French edition is translated from the Italian by Juliette Bertrand, with a foreword by François Wahl.
For readers of literary fiction and philosophical tales who enjoy eccentric characters and historical settings.
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).
