Italian Folktales by Italo Calvino audiobook

Italian Folktales

By Italo Calvino
Read by Edoardo Ballerini

Recorded Books, Recorded Books, Inc.

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • ISBN: 9781664462908

  • ISBN: 9781664570733

  • ISBN: 9781664732698

Runtime: 29.00 Hours
Category: Fiction
Audience: Adult
Language: English

Summary

Summary

One of the New York Times’s Ten Best Books of the Year: These traditional stories of Italy, retold by a literary master, are “a treasure” (Los Angeles Times).

Filled with kings and peasants, saints and ogres—as well as some quite extraordinary plants and animals—these two hundred tales bring to life Italy’s folklore, sometimes with earthy humor, sometimes with noble mystery, and sometimes with the playfulness of sheer nonsense.

Selected and retold by one of the country’s greatest literary icons, “this collection stands with the finest folktale collections anywhere” (The New York Times Book Review).

“For readers of any age … A masterwork.”Wall Street Journal

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Author Bio: Italo Calvino

Author Bio: Italo Calvino

Italo Calvino (1923-1985) attained worldwide renown as one of the twentieth century’s greatest storytellers. He was awarded the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1982. He was born in Cuba and grew up in San Remo, Italy. He began his writing career as an essayist and a journalist but is best known for his fiction, including Invisible Cities, If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler, Marcovaldo, and Mr. Palomar, among others.

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Available Formats : CD, Library CD, MP3 CD
Category: Fiction
Runtime: 29.00
Audience: Adult
Language: English