by Italo Calvino · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070449385
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To truly see the earth, one must look at it from a distance. In 1767, following a dispute with his parents over a plate of snails, young Côme Laverse du Rondeau climbs into the holm oak in the garden. He will never come down from the trees until his death, awakening there to knowledge and love, to solitude as well as fraternity. A philosophical tale in homage to the Enlightenment, a self-portrait of an eccentric in love with freedom, 'The Baron in the Trees' enchants with its generous humor, its constant inventions, and its timeless humanism. 'The Baron in the Trees' is part of the trilogy 'Our Ancestors,' which also includes 'The Cloven Viscount' and 'The Nonexistent Knight'.
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).
