by Italo Calvino · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782264017253
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«Marcovaldo» is the short-story collection by Italo Calvino, published by Editions 10/18 in paperback (in French).
Marcovaldo, a poor labourer with a family to support, lives in an industrial city and seeks nature with humour and melancholy amid the asphalt and concrete. His episodes, marked by the seasons, include mushrooms by the tram, a sand bath and an invasive plant; Calvino thus portrays urban alienation and poverty.
The original Italian title is «Marcovaldo, ovvero le stagioni in città»; the first edition dates from 1963. This French 10/18 edition was published in 1991.
For readers of classic twentieth-century short stories and Italian fiction who appreciate humour and social criticism.
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).
