内容简介
ChosenasoneoftheNewYorkTimes’stenbestbooksintheyearofitsoriginalpublication,thiscollectionimmediatelywonacherishedplaceamongloversofthetaleandvaultedCalvinointotheranksofthegreatfolklorists.IntroductionbytheAuthor;illustrations.TranslatedbyGeorgeMartin.AHelenandKurtWolffBook
作者简介
ItaloCalvino(15October1923–19September1985)wasanItalianjournalistandwriterofshortstoriesandnovels.HisbestknownworksincludetheOurAncestorstrilogy(1952-1959),theCosmicomicscollectionofshortstories(1965),andthenovelsInvisibleCities(1972)andIfonaWinter'sNightaTraveler(1979).LionisedinBritainandAmerica,hewas,atthetimeofhisdeath,themost-translatedcontemporaryItalianwriter.