by Italo Calvino · La Magrana · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788474101997
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«Marcovaldo» is Italo Calvino's collection of short stories, published by La Magrana in paperback (127 pages, in Catalan).
Twenty tales following Marcovaldo, a naive labourer determined to find a habitable place in a grey, hostile city. Each story is tied to a season of the year and blends fantasy and irony to portray the clash between nature and concrete, with a critical and poetic view of urban life.
Work originally written in 1963 under the title «Marcovaldo, ovvero le stagioni in città». Catalan translation by Carme Arenas. L'Esparver collection.
For readers of short fiction and classic narrative who appreciate urban satire with humour, fantasy and social depth.
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).
