Fantastic Tales

Visionary And Everyday

Italo Calvino, Italo Calvino, Italo Calvino

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Italian

Penguin
23 June 2009

Fiction & Literature; Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Short stories

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

The best of nineteenth-century 'fantastic' literature

From fabulous enchantments and supernatural horrors to subtler, more psychological terrors, the best of nineteenth-century fantastic literature is collected here by Italo Calvino. These mysterious and macabre tales include Hoffmann's nightmarish 'The Sandman', Poe's terrifying 'The Tell-Tale Heart' and Dickens's chilling ghost story 'The Signal-Man', and relatively unknown works from celebrated writers including Honore de Balzac, Henry James, Sir Walter Scott, Guy de Maupassant and Robert Louis Stevenson, alongside lesser-known contributors. Each story comes with a fascinating introduction by Calvino.

By: Italo Calvino
Introduction by: Italo Calvino
Edited by: Italo Calvino
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 34mm
Weight: 441g
ISBN: 9780141190129
ISBN 10: 0141190124
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 608
Publication Date: 23 June 2009
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Italo Calvino, one of Italy's finest postwar writers, has delighted readers around the world with his deceptively simple, fable-like stories. He was born in Cuba in 1923 and raised in San Remo, Italy; he fought for the Italian Resistance from 1943-45. His major works include Cosmicomics (1968), Invisible Cities (1972), and If on a winter's night a traveler (1979). He died in Siena in 1985.

Reviews for Fantastic Tales: Visionary And Everyday

'Describes imaginary worlds with the most extraordinary precision and beauty' - Gore Vidal 'One of the most playful, intelligent and inventive minds in the whole of European fiction' - Philip Hensher, Mail on Sunday