Description
Product ID: | 9780241472859 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Penguin Great Ideas |
Title: | The Narrative of Trajan's Column |
Authors: | Author: Italo Calvino |
Page Count: | 112 |
Subjects: | History of art, History of art / art & design styles, Human figures depicted in art, Literary essays, European history, Human figures depicted in art, Literary essays, European history |
Description: | Select Guide Rating 'When the last fire goes out, time too will be finished'Italo Calvino was one of the most joyful and imaginative writers of the twentieth century. Here he muses on what the things we leave behind - whether waxworks or ancient graffiti, enigmatic maps or a crumbling Roman column - tell us about the greater truths of the world, space and time. One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our world today, from anarchists to stoics, feminists to prophets, satirists to Zen Buddhists. ''When the last fire goes out, time too will be finished'' |
Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2020-09-24 |