This title includes enchanting stories about the evolution of the universe, with characters that are fashioned from mathematical formulae and cellular structures. They disport themselves among galaxies, experience the solidification of planets, move from aquatic to terrestrial existence, play games with hydrogen atoms - and have time for a love life. 'Naturally, we were all there, old 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?'.

In this collection of 36 essays, Italo Calvino explores the definition of what is classic literature, and surveys works that range from early modern Europe and antiquity to the 19th century novel and contemporary classics.

This collection of autobiographical essays range from a lyrical portrait of the author's relationship with his father to a perceptive essay on his own youthful obsession with cinema.

In these three witty and fantastical stories, Italo Calvino explores the sensory aptitudes of the body in taste, hearing and smell.

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.

'Numbers in the Dark' is a collection of short stories covering the length of Italo Calvino's extraordinary writing career, from when he was a teenager to shortly before his death.

This volume of posthumously collected personal writings of Italo Calvino range from the early 1950s to his last interview, completed before his death in 1985. It examines major 20th-century events from a personal viewpoint, and provide a homage to his adoptive city, Paris.

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.

A collection of stories. Set in Italy in the summer of 1940, it explores the relationships between the different generations caught up in the war as well as the author's own experiences as a teenager. It features such stories as: "Into the War", "The Avanguardisti in Menton" and "UNPA Nights".

With encyclopedic knowledge, this title writes about such diverse subjects as the imaginative pleasures of maps, bizarre exhibitions and the earliest forms of written language. It provides a glimpse into the mind of a master of the magination.