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Author Calvino, Italo.

Title Marcovaldo, or, The seasons in the city / Italo Calvino ; translated from the Italian by William Weaver
Published London : Secker & Warburg, 1983

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 MELB  850.914 C1686 A23/M  AVAILABLE
 W'PONDS  850.914 C1686 A23/M  AVAILABLE
Description 121 pages ; 23 cm
Summary A collection of stories about an Italian peasant's struggle to reconcile country habits with urban life. Oblivious to the garish attractions of the town, Marcovaldo is the attentive recorder of natural phenomena but, at every turn, the city is there to thwart his inclinations
Analysis Fiction in Italian 1945- Translations
Fiction in Italian, 1945- - English texts
Notes Fiction in Italian,. 1945- - English texts (BNB/PRECIS)
Translation of: Marcovaldo
Translation of: Marcovaldo
Subject City and town life -- Fiction.
Peasants -- Italy -- Fiction.
SUBJECT Italy -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008104656
Genre/Form Fiction.
ISBN 0436082721
Other Titles Marcovaldo. English
Seasons in the city
Seasons in the city