Italo Calvino,William Weaver,Professor of Literature and Translation Tim Parks,Fiat Serena Professor of Italian Studies Martin McLaughlin: The Complete Cosmicomics

The Complete Cosmicomics


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The definitive edition of Calvino s cosmicomics, bringing together all of these enchanting stories including some never before translated in one volume for the first time In Italo Calvino s cosmicomics, primordial beings cavort on the nearby surface of the moon, play marbles with atoms, and bear ecstatic witness to Earth s first dawn. Exploring natural phenomena and the origins of the universe, these beloved tales relate complex scientific concepts to our common sensory, emotional, human world. Now, "The Complete Cosmicomics" brings together all of the cosmicomic stories for the first time. Containing works previously published in "Cosmicomics," "t zero," and "Numbers in the Dark," this single volume also includes seven previously uncollected stories, four of which have never been published in translation in the United States.This complete and definitive collection ("Evening Standard") reconfirms the cosmicomics as a crowning literary achievement and makes them available to new generations of readers. It s a joy to have all the cosmicomics within one cover . . . A landmark in fiction, the work of a master. Ursula K. Le Guin, "Guardian""

She is a singer of sweet songs . . . and a sinner. A searcher for truth . . . and an outcast. Life is fraught with danger in the village of Sychar in the first century A.D. But for Abigail, the Samaritan woman, the danger lies not as much from the ever-present Roman soldiers but from the rabbi and the people of Sychar. A woman of renowned beauty, whose reputation was tarnished at an early age, The Complete Cosmicomics free epub Abigail is pregnant . . . and the father is not her elderly husband, Zakane. While protecting her lover's name, believing he will spirit her away, Abigail is imprisoned, then nearly stoned by her neighbors. She's befriended by the beggar Leah. But even the beggars, the lowest of the low, don't want her around. Abigail longs for love, kindness, a home for her soon-to-arrive baby . . . and forgiveness for her anguished soul. The answers will come from the most unlikely of places.


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Author: Italo Calvino,William Weaver,Professor of Literature and Translation Tim Parks,Fiat Serena Professor of Italian Studies Martin McLaughlin
Number of Pages: 432 pages
Published Date: 16 Sep 2014
Publisher: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780544146440
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