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The Complete Cosmicomics
  • Published: 9 July 2010
  • ISBN: 9780141189680
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $24.99

The Complete Cosmicomics

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Paperback
9 July 2010
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1 Sept 2011
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First paperback publication of Italo Calvino's phenomenally funny account of the universe as a cosmic joke

Enchanting stories about the evolution of the universe, with characters that are fashioned from mathematical formulae and cellular structures. They disport themselves among galaxies, experience the solidification of planets, move from aquatic to terrestrial existence, play games with hydrogen atoms - and have time for a love life.

'Naturally, we were all there, - old Qfwfq said, - where else could we have been? Nobody knew then that there could be space. Or time either: what use did we have for time, packed in there like sardines?'
  • Published: 9 July 2010
  • ISBN: 9780141189680
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $24.99
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Italo Calvino

Italo Calvino (1923-1985), 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.
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Also by Italo Calvino

Invisible Cities
If on a Winter's Night a Traveller
Last Comes the Raven
Cosmicomics
The Narrative of Trajan's Column
The Baron in the Trees
The Distance of the Moon
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