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DescriptionTime is a catastrophe, perpetual and irreversible.Science and fiction interweave delightfully in these playful short stories taken from Calvino's Cosmicomics. Author descriptionItalo Calvino, one of Italy's finest postwar writers, has delighted readers around the world with his deceptively simple, fable-like stories. Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923 and raised in San Remo, Italy; he fought for the Italian Resistance from 1943-45. His major works include Cosmicomics (1968), Invisible Cities (1972), and If on a winter's night a traveler (1979). He died in Siena in 1985. |