Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino was an Italian writer and journalist. His best known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy (1952–1959), the Cosmicomics collection of short stories (1965), and the novels Invisible Cities (1972) and If on a winter's night a traveler (1979).
Books by Italo Calvino
6 books available
Invisible Cities
by Italo Calvino
4.1(62,127)
Marco Polo tells Kublai Khan about many imagined cities, but each one is Venice, his home.
Mr Palomar
by Italo Calvino
3.9(5,748)
Mr. Palomar examines daily life, turning ordinary moments into philosophical questions about the world's hidden depths.
The Baron in the Trees
by Italo Calvino
4.1(29,011)
A young baron, rebelling against his family, chooses to live entirely in the trees, navigating adventures, love, and the Enlightenment from his arboreal kingdom while never touching the ground again.
Marcovaldo
by Italo Calvino
3.9(8,878)
In a bleak industrial city, the perpetually bewildered Marcovaldo chases fleeting natural wonders and ill-fated schemes, only to find his dreams comically unraveling in unexpected ways.
The Castle Of Crossed Destinies
by Italo Calvino
3.4(11,580)
In a castle where speech is forbidden, silent travelers tell their stories using tarot cards, weaving a narrative of human experience.
If on a Winter's Night a Traveller
by Italo Calvino
4.0(113,391)
You, the reader, embark on a meta-fictional search for the true beginning of ten different novels, each a fragment of a story interrupted, in a playful look at reading itself.