Mr. Palomar
- Publisher
- Key Porter Books
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2002
- Category
- Action & Adventure, General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550135213
- Publish Date
- Apr 2002
- List Price
- $14.95
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Description
With all the awkward charm of Jacques Tati's Monsieur Hulot, Mr. Palomar's wanderings take him to such diverse places as the bazaars of the Middle East, the sand gardens of Kyoto, the terraces of Rome and the streets of Barcelona. In his search for knowledge he embraces love, philosphy, the stars, Paris sausage shops, the nature of man and the endangered universe. (1996)
About the author
Italo Calvino (15 October 1923-19 September 1985) was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. His best known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy (1952-1959), the Cosmicomics collection of short stories (1965), and the novels Invisible Cities (1972) and If on a winter's night a traveler (1979). Lionised in Britain and America, he was the most-translated contemporary Italian writer at the time of his death, and a noted contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature.