{"product_id":"9780099428541","title":"Marcovaldo","description":"Author: Calvino, Italo\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780099428541\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 02 Mar 2001\u003cbr\u003ePages: 144 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwenty stories, structured around the seasons as the yearly cycle revolves five times. This is Calvino's magical realist urban fantasy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarcovaldo\u003c\/i\u003e is an enchanting collection of twenty stories that are both melancholy and funny, farce and fantasy. Calvino charts the struggles of an Italian peasant to reconcile country habits with urban life, combining comical disasters with a surrealistic view of city life through the eyes of an outsider. As always with Calvino, nothing is quite as it seems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Delightful and rewarding as always' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The most magically ingenious of the contemporary Italian novelists' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48150399451294,"sku":"UBD-9780099428541","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780099428541.jpg?v=1786964787","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780099428541","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}