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A magical, mystical novella about the art and power of storytelling, this is Italo Calvino's miniature masterpiece.
A group of travellers chance to meet, first in a castle, then in a tavern. Having mysteriously lost their powers of speech, they must tell their tales using only a deck of tarot cards. As their stories interlink and overlap, a fantastic, surreal and chaotic history of the human quest for meaning unfolds.
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days
A magical, mystical novella about the art and power of storytelling, this is Italo Calvino's miniature masterpiece.
A group of travellers chance to meet, first in a castle, then in a tavern. Having mysteriously lost their powers of speech, they must tell their tales using only a deck of tarot cards. As their stories interlink and overlap, a fantastic, surreal and chaotic history of the human quest for meaning unfolds.
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days
Italo Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923 and grew up in Italy. He was an essayist and journalist and a member of the editorial staff of Einaudi in Turin. One of the most respected writers of the twentieth century, his best-known works of fiction include Invisible Cities, If on a Winter's Night a Traveller, Marcovaldo and Mr Palomar. In 1973 he won the prestigious Premio Feltrinelli. He died in 1985. A collection of Calvino's posthumous personal writings, The Hermit in Paris, was published in 2003.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2026 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Reihe: |
Vintage Classics
Brief Encounters |
| Inhalt: | 128 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9781529980837 |
| ISBN-10: | 1529980836 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Originalsprache: | Italienisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Calvino, Italo |
| Übersetzung: | Weaver, William |
| Hersteller: | Random House UK Ltd |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com |
| Maße: | 194 x 125 x 15 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Italo Calvino |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 02.07.2026 |
| Gewicht: | 0,12 kg |
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