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Marcovaldo

Written by: Italo Calvino, William Weaver - translator
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
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Marcovaldo is an unskilled worker in a drab industrial city in northern Italy. He is an irrepressible dreamer and an inveterate schemer. Much to the puzzlement of his wife, his children, his boss, and his neighbors, he chases his dreams - but the results are never the expected ones. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book.

©1963 Giulio Einaudi Editore, S.p.A; Translation: 1983 Harcourt, Inc. and Martin Secker & Warburg Limited (P)2017 Recorded Books
Anthologies & Short Stories Classics Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction
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Fun and Playful

Calvino is always amazing, and this novel is another example of his knack for story telling, and his ability to create new worlds.

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