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Adam, one afternoon and other stories

Calvino, Italo2000
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This collection of playful, deadly fables is populated with waifs and strays, a gluttonous thief and a mischievous gardener. the grimly comic story The Argentine ant moved Gore Vidal to declare 'if this is not a masterpeice of twentieth-century prose writing, I cannot think of anything better.'
Main title:
Adam, one afternoon and other stories / Italo Calvino ; translated by Archibald Colquhoun and Peggy Wright.
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2000.
Collation:
190 p. ; 23 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Translation of: Ultimo viene il corvo.
ISBN:
9780099287032 (pbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
265833
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
RYDEADULT FICTIONF CALVClassicsAvailable
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