Italo Calvino, one of Italy's finest postwar writers, has delighted
readers around the world with his deceptively simple, fable-like
stories. He was born in Cuba in 1923 and raised in San Remo, Italy;
he fought for the Italian Resistance from 1943-45. He died in Siena
in 1985.
Tim Parks was born in Manchester in 1954, studied at Cambridge and
Harvard, and moved to Italy in 1980, where he lectures on literary
translation in Milan. His translations from the Italian include
works by Alberto Moravia, Italo Calvino, Roberto Calasso and
Antonio Tabucchi. His account of provincial life in Italy, Italian
Neighbours, was an international bestseller.
'The author's command of detail and his fine, inventive imagination, his ability to turn ideas upside down and inside out, his awareness of the comic capacity of everyday life, are always ready to surprise and delight.' Literary Review
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