The Complete Cosmicomics
  • Published: 1 September 2011
  • ISBN: 9780141889559
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 432

The Complete Cosmicomics

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9 Jul 2010
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1 Sep 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: 1 September 2011
  • ISBN: 9780141889559
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 432
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveller
Invisible Cities
The Distance of the Moon
Last Comes the Raven
Cosmicomics
The Narrative of Trajan's Column
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Praise for The Complete Cosmicomics

Calvino was ahead of his time in so many ways that only now is his work widely perceived not as marginal because it is fantasy, but as a landmark in fiction, the work of a master . . . It's a joy to have all the Cosmicomics within one cover, and a handsome cover it is ... Martin McLaughlin's introduction couldn't be better as a guide to these dazzlingly idiosyncratic tales

Ursula K Le Guin, Guardian

If you have never read Cosmicomics, you have before you the most joyful reading experience of your life

Salman Rushdie

This is classic Calvino, making you think and laugh at the same time

John Self
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