wyszukanych pozycji: 67
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The Nonexistent Knight
ISBN: 9780544959101 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) An empty suit of armor is the hero in this witty novella, a picaresque gem--now available in an independent volume for the first time--that brilliantly parodies medieval knighthood.
Set in the time of Charlemagne and narrated by a nun with her own secrets to keep, The Nonexistent Knight tells the story of Agilulf, a gleaming white suit of armor with nothing inside it. A challenge to his honor sends Agilulf on a search through France, England, and North Africa to confirm the chastity of a virgin he saved from rape years earlier. In the end, after many surprising turns... An empty suit of armor is the hero in this witty novella, a picaresque gem--now available in an independent volume for the first time--that brillia...
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72,18 |
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The Written World and the Unwritten World: Collected Non-Fiction
ISBN: 9780141394923 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) 'An indispensable writer ... Calvino, possesses the power of seeing into the deepest recesses of human minds and then bringing their dreams to life' Salman Rushdie The difference between life and literature; the good intentions of holiday reading; the avante-garde; the fate of the novel; the fantastical; the art of translation: these are just some of the ideas in The Written World and the Unwritten World. A collection of essays, articles, interviews, correspondence, notes and other occasional pieces on writing, reading and interpreting books, this work gives us new insight into Italo...
'An indispensable writer ... Calvino, possesses the power of seeing into the deepest recesses of human minds and then bringing their dreams to life' S...
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55,19 |
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveller
ISBN: 9780099430896 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Leads you through many different books including a detective adventure, a romance, a satire, an erotic story, a diary, and a quest.
Leads you through many different books including a detective adventure, a romance, a satire, an erotic story, a diary, and a quest.
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50,16 |
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Když jedné zimní noci cestující
ISBN: 9788073638337 / Czeski / 2017 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Román Když jedné zimní noci cestující je rafinovaným beletristickým dílem, je to „kniha o knihách“, i o sobě samé. Kombinují se zde dvě narativní linky – tou první je příběh Čtenáře a Čtenářky, druhou tvoří úvodní kapitoly deseti románů, které se mezi sebou rozmanitými způsoby proplétají, a tím vyvolávají napětí a neustále živí čtenářovu zvědavost. Calvinovi se tak do struktury jednoho románu podařilo zakomponovat fragmenty různých prozaických žánrů, které napodobuje a paroduje. Četba této neobvyklé knihy vyvolává otázky po...
Román Když jedné zimní noci cestující je rafinovaným beletristickým dílem, je to „kniha o knihách“, i o sobě samé. Kombinují se zde d...
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70,17 |
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Last Comes The Raven: And Other Stories
ISBN: 9780544146709 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The first complete English-language edition of one of Calvino's important early short story collections The first complete English-language edition of one of Calvino's important early short story collections |
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60,77 |
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Fiabe siciliane dalla Raccolta di Italo Calvino. Sizilianische Märchen aus der Sammlung von Italo Calvino
ISBN: 9783423095655 / Włoski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Kabinettstücke der italienischen Märchenliteratur Ninetta entdeckt einen geheimen Garten, in dem sich der Königssohn unsterblich in sie verliebt. Ein junges Mädchen muss ihr Elternhaus verlassen, weil sie vom Pech verfolgt wird, Pippina wird mit einem Fluch belegt und verwandelt sich, von der Sonne berührt, in eine Schlange. Caterina die Kluge überlistet ihren Ehemann, damit er bei ihr bleibt. Und eine junge Fürstin wird mithilfe ihres Dieners ihren geizigen Gatten los. Sie alle müssen sich den Herausforderungen stellen, die das Leben ihnen aufgibt, ehe sie... Kabinettstücke der italienischen Märchenliteratur Ninetta entdeckt einen geheimen Garten, in dem sich der Königssohn unst... |
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I na tym koniec
ISBN: 9788381967501 / Polski / broszurowa / 2024 / 450 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 6-8 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Pierwsze polskie wydanie zbioru esejów literackich i wykładów publikowanych przez Itala Calvina w czasopismach i gazetach w latach 1955-1978. Można tu znaleźć eseje krytyczne, sylwetki autorów, refleksje na temat pisania, stylu, języka i technik pisarskich (wśród nich szkice o twórczości Landolfiego, o Narzeczonych Manzoniego, o inwencji graficznej Saula Steinberga). Zbiór został skonstruowany tak, by teksty o literaturze i społeczeństwie stanowiły namiastkę intelektualnej autobiografii Calvina. Tom przełożyły Joanna Ugniewska, Anna Wasilewska i Monika Woźniak.
Pierwsze polskie wydanie zbioru esejów literackich i wykładów publikowanych przez Itala Calvina w czasopismach i gazetach w latach 1955-1978. Możn...
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59,00 |
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The Path to the Spiders' Nests
ISBN: 9780141189734 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Set on the Ligurian coast during World War 2, 'The Path to the Spiders' Nest' tells the story of Pin, a cobbler's apprentice who lives with his sister, a prostitute, and spends as much time as he can at the local bar.
Set on the Ligurian coast during World War 2, 'The Path to the Spiders' Nest' tells the story of Pin, a cobbler's apprentice who lives with his sister...
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50,16 |
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Difficult Loves and Other Stories
ISBN: 9781784874841 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) A spectacular display of this key European writer's early workThis dazzling collection of stories follows the individual adventures of a varied cast of characters and masterfully illustrates Calvino's unique perspective and narrative gifts.
A spectacular display of this key European writer's early workThis dazzling collection of stories follows the individual adventures of a varied cast o...
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55,19 |
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Hermit in Paris: Autobiographical Writings
ISBN: 9780375714269 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) From one of modern literature s most captivating and elusive masters comes a posthumous volume of thoughtful, elegant, and quick-witted autobiographical writings, all previously unpublished in English. Here is Italo Calvino paying homage to his literary influences and tracing the evolution of his signature style. Here are his reminiscences of Italy s antifascist resistance and the frenzy of politics and ideas of the postwar era.
The longest and most delightfully revealing section of the book is Calvino s diary of his travels in the United States in 1959 and 1960, which show him marveling... From one of modern literature s most captivating and elusive masters comes a posthumous volume of thoughtful, elegant, and quick-witted autobiographic...
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68,42 |
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Fantastic Tales: Visionary And Everyday
ISBN: 9780141190129 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) From tales of fabulous enchantments and supernatural horror to subtler, more psychological terrors, the best of 19th century fantastic literature is collected here by Italo Calvino.
From tales of fabulous enchantments and supernatural horror to subtler, more psychological terrors, the best of 19th century fantastic literature is c...
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65,23 |
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The Narrative of Trajan's Column
ISBN: 9780241472859 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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Italo Calvino: Letters, 1941-1985 - Updated Edition
ISBN: 9780691139456 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) This is the first collection in English of the extraordinary letters of one of the great writers of the twentieth century. Italy's most important postwar novelist, Italo Calvino (1923-1985) achieved worldwide fame with such books as Cosmicomics, Invisible Cities, and If on a Winter's Night a Traveler. But he was also an influential literary critic, an important literary editor, and a masterful letter writer whose correspondents included Umberto Eco, Primo Levi, Gore Vidal, Leonardo Sciascia, Natalia Ginzburg, Michelangelo Antonioni, Pier Paolo Pasolini, and Luciano... This is the first collection in English of the extraordinary letters of one of the great writers of the twentieth century. Italy's most important p... |
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178,61 |
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Cosmicomics
ISBN: 9780241573709 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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50,16 |
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Marcovaldo
ISBN: 9780099428541 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) A collection of twenty stories that are both melancholy and funny, farce and fantasy. It charts the struggles of an Italian peasant to reconcile country habits with urban life, combining comical disasters with a surrealistic view of city life through the eyes of an outsider.
A collection of twenty stories that are both melancholy and funny, farce and fantasy. It charts the struggles of an Italian peasant to reconcile count...
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50,16 |
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The Path to the Spiders' Nests: Revised Edition
ISBN: 9780060956585 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Italo Calvino was only twenty-three when he first published this bold and imaginative novel. It tells the story of Pin, a cobbler's apprentice in a town on the Ligurian coast during World War II. He lives with his sister, a prostitute, and spends as much time as he can at a seedy bar where he amuses the adult patrons. After a mishap with a Nazi soldier, Pin becomes involved with a band of partisans. Calvino's portrayal of these characters, seen through the eyes of a child, is not only a revealing commentary on the Italian resistance but an insightful coming-of-age story. Updated to include... Italo Calvino was only twenty-three when he first published this bold and imaginative novel. It tells the story of Pin, a cobbler's apprentice in a... |
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64,62 |
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveller: A special edition of the classic genre-defying novel
ISBN: 9781784878665 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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85,30 |
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Mr Palomar
ISBN: 9780099430872 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Mr Palomar is a delightful eccentric whose chief activity is looking at things. He is seeking knowledge. Whether contemplating a fine cheese, a hungry gecko, a woman sunbathing topless or a flight of migrant starlings, Mr Palomar's observations render the world afresh.
Mr Palomar is a delightful eccentric whose chief activity is looking at things. He is seeking knowledge. Whether contemplating a fine cheese, a hungry...
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50,16 |
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Difficult Loves
ISBN: 9780544959125 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Intricate interior lives are brilliantly explored in these short stories, now presented in one definitive collection as Calvino intended them
In Difficult Loves, Italy's master storyteller weaves tales in which cherished deceptions and illusions of love--including self-love--are swept away in magical instants of recognition. A soldier is reduced to quivering fear by the presence of a full-figured woman in his train compartment; a young clerk leaves a lady's bed at dawn; a young woman is isolated from bathers on a beach by the loss of her bikini bottom. Each... Intricate interior lives are brilliantly explored in these short stories, now presented in one definitive collection as Calvino intended them |
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Letters 1941-1985
ISBN: 9780141198323 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Italo Calvino, Italy's most important postwar novelist, was also an influential literary critic, an important literary editor, and a masterful letter writer whose correspondents included Umberto Eco, Primo Levi, Gore Vidal, Michelangelo Antonioni and Pier Paolo Pasolini. The letters included in this selection are filled with insights about Calvino's writing and that of others; about Italian, American, English, and French literature; about literary criticism and literature in general; and about culture and politics.
Italo Calvino, Italy's most important postwar novelist, was also an influential literary critic, an important literary editor, and a masterful letter ...
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