The Resource Numbers in the dark : and other stories, Italo Calvino ; translated from the Italian by Tim Parks
Numbers in the dark : and other stories, Italo Calvino ; translated from the Italian by Tim Parks
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The item Numbers in the dark : and other stories, Italo Calvino ; translated from the Italian by Tim Parks represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
Resource Information
The item Numbers in the dark : and other stories, Italo Calvino ; translated from the Italian by Tim Parks represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- Written between 1943 and 1984, the stories in "Numbers in the Dark" span the career of one of fiction s modern masters: from Italo Calvino s earliest fables, to tales informed by life in World War II era Italy, to the delightful experimentation that would define his later work. Here are speculativestories on life in the digital age, genre-bending wonders, and impossible interviews with the likes of Montezuma and a Neanderthal. Deftly translated by Tim Parks, "Numbers in the Dark" shows off Calvino s lifelong gift for subtle humor and shimmering philosophical insight
- Language
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- eng
- ita
- eng
- Edition
- First Mariner Books edition.
- Extent
- 276 pages
- Isbn
- 9780544146426
- Label
- Numbers in the dark : and other stories
- Title
- Numbers in the dark
- Title remainder
- and other stories
- Statement of responsibility
- Italo Calvino ; translated from the Italian by Tim Parks
- Language
-
- eng
- ita
- eng
- Summary
- Written between 1943 and 1984, the stories in "Numbers in the Dark" span the career of one of fiction s modern masters: from Italo Calvino s earliest fables, to tales informed by life in World War II era Italy, to the delightful experimentation that would define his later work. Here are speculativestories on life in the digital age, genre-bending wonders, and impossible interviews with the likes of Montezuma and a Neanderthal. Deftly translated by Tim Parks, "Numbers in the Dark" shows off Calvino s lifelong gift for subtle humor and shimmering philosophical insight
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Calvino, Italo
- Dewey number
- 853/.914
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Parks, Tim
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Short stories, Italian
- Short stories, Italian
- Label
- Numbers in the dark : and other stories, Italo Calvino ; translated from the Italian by Tim Parks
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1549595
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Mariner Books edition.
- Extent
- 276 pages
- Isbn
- 9780544146426
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780544146426
- (OCoLC)854944319
- Label
- Numbers in the dark : and other stories, Italo Calvino ; translated from the Italian by Tim Parks
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1549595
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Mariner Books edition.
- Extent
- 276 pages
- Isbn
- 9780544146426
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780544146426
- (OCoLC)854944319
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