Numbers in the dark
| Title | Numbers in the dark
and other stories |
|---|---|
| Original title | Prima che tu dica 'Pronto' |
| Author | Italo Calvino; transl. from the Italian by Tim Parks |
| Publication | Penguin |
| Size | 276p |
| Language |  ENG |
| ISBN | 9780141189741 |
| Topics |
Italian fiction--Translated into English Italian fiction--Short stories and novellas |
| Notes | 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! |
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