Bücher von Calvino Italo Calvino

In this fantastically macabre tale, the separate halves of a nobleman split in two by a cannonball go on to pursue their own independent adventures.

A collection of short stories compiled, edited, and introduced by Italo Calvino including works of E.T.A. Hoffmann, Balzac, Gogol, Poe, and many others surveying the phenomenon of the fantastic in 19th-century European literature.

A collection of five lectures Italo Calvino was preparing to deliver at the time of his death, setting forth the qualities in writing he most valued, and which he believed would define literature in the century to come. Together, these "memos" form a stirring defense of literature and an indispensable guide to Calvino's own work.

A landmark new translation of a Calvino classic, a whimsical, spirited novel that imagines a life lived entirely on its own terms

An empty suit of armor is the hero in this witty novella, a picaresque gem that brilliantly parodies medieval knighthood.