Italian Folktales

Italian Folktales - Paperback

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Italian Folktales - Paperback

Italian Folktales - Paperback

by Italo Calvino
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by Italo Calvino (Author)

One of the New York Times's Ten Best Books of the Year: These traditional stories of Italy, retold by a literary master, are "a treasure" (Los Angeles Times).

Filled with kings and peasants, saints and ogres--as well as some quite extraordinary plants and animals--these two hundred tales bring to life Italy's folklore, sometimes with earthy humor, sometimes with noble mystery, and sometimes with the playfulness of sheer nonsense.

Selected and retold by one of the country's greatest literary icons, "this collection stands with the finest folktale collections anywhere" (The New York Times Book Review).

"For readers of any age . . . A masterwork." --The Wall Street Journal

"A magic book, and a classic to boot." --Time
Number of Pages: 800
Dimensions: 1.9 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: November 15, 1992
ISBN9780156454896
Author Italo Calvino
PublisherMariner Books Classics
GenreEducation
FormatPaperback
PublishedNovember 1992
LanguageENG- English
Pages800
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Italo Calvino's works include Numbers in the Dark, The Road to San Giovanni, Six Memos for the Next Millennium, The Baron in the Trees, If on a Winter's Night a Traveller, Invisible Cities, Marcovaldo, and Mr. Palomar. He died in 1985.

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