Read Online Free Last Comes the Raven: And Other Stories by Italo Calvino - LQY

The first complete English-language edition ofone of Calvinos importantearly short story collections Blending reality and illusion with elegance and precision the stories in this collection?one of Calvinos earliest?take place in a World War II?era and postwar Italy tinged with the visionary and fablelike qualities that would come to define this master storytellersThe first complete English-language edition ofone of Calvinos importantearly short story collections Blending reality and illusion with elegance and precision the stories in this collection?one of Calvinos earliest?take place in a World War II?era and postwar Italy tinged with the visionary and fablelike qualities that would come to define this master storytellers later style. Atrio of gluttonous burglars invade a pastry shop; twochildren trespass upon a forbidden garden; awealthy family invites a rustic goatherd to lunch only to mock him. Inthe title story a compact masterpiece of shifting perspectives a panicked soldier tries to keep his wits?and his life?when he faces off against a young partisan with a loaded rifle and miraculous aim. Throughout Calvino delights in discovering hidden truths beneath the surface of everyday life.Stories from Last Comes the Raven have been published in translation but the collection as a whole has never appeared in English. This volume including several stories newly translated by Ann Goldstein is an important addition to Calvinos legacy.(less)

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