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Numbers in the Dark

Written by: Italo Calvino
Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
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A volume of 37 diabolically inventive stories, fables, and "impossible interviews" from one of the great fantasists of the 20th century, displaying the full breadth of his vision and wit.

Written between 1943 and 1984 and masterfully translated by Tim Parks, the fictions in Numbers in the Dark display all of Calvino's dazzling gifts: whimsy and horror, exuberance of style, and a cheerful grasp of the absurdities of the human condition.

Here are speculative stories on life in the digital age, genre-bending wonders, and “impossible interviews” with the likes of Montezuma and a Neanderthal.

©1993 Palomar S.r.l.e., Arnoldo Mondadroi S.p.A., Milano; English translation 1995 by Tim Parks (P)2019 Recorded Books

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