The Narrative of Trajan's Column

Italo Calvino

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Penguin
01 December 2020

History of Art & Design Styles; Human figures depicted in art; Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary essays; European history

Series: Penguin Great Ideas

When the last fire goes out, time too will be finished

Taken from his Collection of Sand, these marvelous essays are not great ideas in themselves but commentaries on great ideas and the physical remains they have left behind them- astonishing objects and human-made places which have encapsulated different senses of wonder and desire.

The essays range from fire-temples to world-changing maps, from automata to ancient cities.

And, not least, the great enigma that has sat at the heart of Rome for some 1,900 years- Trajan's Column.

By: Italo Calvino
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 181mm, Width: 111mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 73g
ISBN: 9780241472859
ISBN 10: 0241472857
Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 01 December 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Italo Calvino, one of Italy's finest postwar writers, has delighted readers around the world with his deceptively simple, fable-like stories. Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923 and raised in San Remo, Italy; he fought for the Italian Resistance from 1943-45. His major works include Cosmicomics (1968), Invisible Cities (1972), and If on a winter's night a traveler (1979). He died in Siena in 1985.