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The Complete Cosmicomics

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Includes stories about the evolution of the universe, with characters that are fashioned from mathematical formulae and cellular structures.

Italo Calvino''s enchanting stories about the evolution of the universe, with characters that are fashioned from mathematical form...

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Description

Product ID:9780141189680
Product Form:Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:GB
Series:Penguin Modern Classics
Title:The Complete Cosmicomics
Authors:Author: Italo Calvino, William Weaver, Tim Parks, Martin McLaughlin
Page Count:432
Subjects:Science fiction, Science fiction, Short stories, Short stories
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Includes stories about the evolution of the universe, with characters that are fashioned from mathematical formulae and cellular structures.

Italo Calvino''s enchanting stories about the evolution of the universe, with characters that are fashioned from mathematical formulae and cellular structures, The Complete Cosmicomics is translated by Martin McLaughlin, Tim Parks and William Weaver in Penguin Modern Classics.

''Naturally, we were all there, - dld 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?''

The Cosmicomics tell the story of the history of the universe, from the big bang, through millennia and across galaxies. It is witnessed through the eyes of ''cosmic know-it-all'' Qfwfq, an exuberant, chameleon-like figure, who takes the shape of a dinosaur, a mollusc, a steamer captain and a moon milk gatherer, among others. This is the first complete edition in English of Italo Calvino''s funny, whimsical and delightful stories, which blend scientific fact, flights of fancy, parody and wordplay to show the strangeness and the wonders of the world.

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 and raised in San Remo, Italy; he fought for the Italian Resistance from 1943-45. Among his other works published in Penguin Modern Classics are Italian Folktales, Hermit in Paris, Into the War, The Path to the Spiders'' Nests, Numbers in the Dark, Six Memos for the Next Millennium and Why Read the Classics?

If you liked The Complete Cosmicomics, you might enjoy Jorge Luis Borges'' Fictions, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.

''The complete and definitive collection ... a masterpiece''
Gilbert Adair, Evening Standard

''Dazzling ... a book of revelation''
Tim Adams, Observer

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

''A landmark in fiction, the work of a master''
Ursula K Le Guin, Guardian


Imprint Name:Penguin Classics
Publisher Name:Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication:GB
Publishing Date:2010-05-06