Description: A landmark new translation of a Calvino classic, a whimsical, spirited novel that imagines a life lived entirely on its own terms
Brief description: ITALO CALVINO (1923-1985) attained worldwide renown as one of the twentieth century's greatest storytellers. Born in Cuba, he was raised in San Remo, Italy, and later lived in Turin, Paris, Rome, and elsewhere. Among his many works are Invisible Cities, If on a winter's night a traveler, The Baron in the Trees, and other novels, as well as numerous collections of fiction, folktales, criticism, and essays. His works have been translated into dozens of languages.
Review Quotes:
"The Baron in the Trees one of the most haunting images of rebellion, of determined nay-saying, that exists in the literature of this rebellious century." - Salman Rushdie
"A tour de force in Calvino's oeuvre." - Martin McLaughlin, on The Baron in the Trees
"Calvino is a wizard." - New York Review of Books
"Italo Calvino was, word for word, the most charming writer to put pen to paper in the twentieth century." - New Yorker