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"Like the nervous hero of Mr. Palomar (superbly translated by William Weaver), Italo Calvino, always had a telescope's eye for what can only be called the thingness of things. Stars and planets, birds, a loaded food counter, all take on an extra reality, as though observed for the first time in wonder by a man previously blind. Mr Calvino was a magician whose voice commanded us: listen, look, understand. His tone was wryly humorous, his style perfect, his treatment literally fabulous. Through his minute attention to the surface of things he demonstrated the universal." — The Sunday Telegraph
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Mr Palomar, Italo Calvino, William Weaver
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- Released
- 1986
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- Title
- Mr Palomar
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Italo Calvino, William Weaver
- Publisher
- Picador Books
- Released
- 1986
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 118
- ISBN10
- 0330290924
- ISBN13
- 9780330290920
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Philosophical Topics, Classics, Short Stories, Southern Europe, Italy, Italian Literature, Spiritual Development, Loneliness
- First published
- 1983
- Original title
- Palomar
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- "Like the nervous hero of Mr. Palomar (superbly translated by William Weaver), Italo Calvino, always had a telescope's eye for what can only be called the thingness of things. Stars and planets, birds, a loaded food counter, all take on an extra reality, as though observed for the first time in wonder by a man previously blind. Mr Calvino was a magician whose voice commanded us: listen, look, understand. His tone was wryly humorous, his style perfect, his treatment literally fabulous. Through his minute attention to the surface of things he demonstrated the universal." — The Sunday Telegraph