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Calvino, Italo.
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Cosmology -- Fiction.
Mathematics -- Fiction.
Universe -- Origin -- Fiction.
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Calvino, Italo.
Cosmology -- Fiction.
Mathematics -- Fiction.
Universe -- Origin -- Fiction.
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The
complete
cosmicomics
/ Italo Calvino ; Translated by Martin McLaughlin, Tim Parks, and William Weaver.
by
Calvino, Italo.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Call #:
FICTION CAL
Subjects
Cosmology -- Fiction.
Mathematics -- Fiction.
Universe -- Origin -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780544577879 (trade pbk.)
Uniform title:
Cosmicomiche. English.
Alternate title:
Cosmicomics
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Description:
xxiv, 401 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents:
Introduction -- A note on the translations --
Cosmicomics
: The distance of the moon -- At daybreak -- A sign in space -- All at one point -- Without colours -- Games without end -- The aquatic uncle -- How much shall we bet -- The dinosaurs -- The form of space -- The light-years -- The spiral -- Time and the hunter: Part one: more of qfwfq: The soft moon -- The origin of the birds -- Crystals -- Blood, sea -- Part two: Priscilla -- I. Mitosis -- II. Meiosis -- III. Death -- Part three: t zero -- The chase -- The night driver -- The count of Monte Cristo -- From world memory and other cosmicomic stories: The mushroom moon -- The daughters of the moon -- Meteorites -- The stone sky -- As long as the sun lasts -- Solar storm -- Shells and time -- World memory -- From
cosmicomics
old and new -- Nothing and not much -- Implosion -- A rewritten Cosmicomic story: the other Eurydice.
Summary:
"In Italo Calvino's
cosmicomics
, primordial beings cavort on the nearby surface of the moon, play marbles with atoms, and bear ecstatic witness to Earth's first dawn. Exploring natural phenomena and the origins of the universe, these beloved tales relate complex scientific concepts to our common sensory, emotional, human world."--Publisher's description.
Genre:
Short stories.
Literary fiction.
Italian fiction -- Translations into English.
Other authors:
McLaughlin, M. L. (Martin L.).
Parks, Tim.
Weaver, William, 1923-2013.
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1
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Alderney Gate Public Library
Adult Fiction
FICTION CAL
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Jul 13, 2024
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