'I can think of no finer writer to have beside me while Italy explodes, Britain burns, while the world ends' Salman Rushdie From the age of twelve, the Baron Cosimo Piovasco di Rondo makes his home among ash, elm, magnolia, plum and almond, living up in the trees. He walks through paths made from the twisted branches of olive, makes his bed in a holly oak, bathes in a fountain constructed from poplar bark. An aerial library holds the books with which he educates himself in philosophy and mathematics. Suspended among the ...
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'I can think of no finer writer to have beside me while Italy explodes, Britain burns, while the world ends' Salman Rushdie From the age of twelve, the Baron Cosimo Piovasco di Rondo makes his home among ash, elm, magnolia, plum and almond, living up in the trees. He walks through paths made from the twisted branches of olive, makes his bed in a holly oak, bathes in a fountain constructed from poplar bark. An aerial library holds the books with which he educates himself in philosophy and mathematics. Suspended among the leaves, the Baron adventures with bandits and pirates, conducts a passionate love affair, and watches the Age of Enlightenment pass by beneath him. 'The most magically ingenious of the contemporary Italian novelists' The Times
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Beautiful , timeless book written by an amazing man.
I have readed all his books, and each time is like to have a journey into another world.
AUNTIE15
Oct 8, 2009
IMAGINATIVE FICTION
Wonderfully imaginative tale! Can't wait to read more of Calvino's stories.
coco
Aug 11, 2008
magical realist page-turner
This imaginatively wrought tale explores the world of a young baron who sees fit to climb into the trees after a spat with his father and vows never to come down. Calvino's works are texturally rich, wildly inventive, and marvelously fantastical. Although I love all of his work, this is the novel that got me hooked, and also the one I find the easiest to read.... a magical realist page-turner.
