
Numbers in the Dark
by Italo Calvino
Title:
Numbers in the Dark
Author:
Italo Calvino
Series (if any):
Penguin Modern Classics
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
288 pages, integrated black and white
Publisher:
TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale
ISBN-13:
9780141189741
EAN:
9780141189741
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
338
Dimensions (mm):
196 x 129 x 18
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
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. They include witty allegories and wise fables; a town where everything has been forbidden apart from the game of tip-cat; a pitiable tribe watching the flight paths of guided missiles from outside their mud huts; a computer programmer considering the possible sequence of a series of brutal acts; and dialogues with Henry Ford, a Neanderthal and the gloomy, overthrown Montezuma ...






























