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Book Description
Three senses-taste, hearing, and smell-dominate the lives of the characters in these witty, fantastical stories. But the senses, promising the fulfillment of desire and an exit from the self, only lead back to their source: the savoring palate, the listening ear, the smelling nose. “A sumptuouContinue
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- English Books
- Paperback 96 Pages
- Edition: Reprint
- ISBN-10: 0156927942
- ISBN-13: 9780156927949
- Publisher: Harvest Books
- Pub date: Apr 05, 1990
- Dimensions: 1290 mm x 903 mm x 65 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover and Others
- In other languages: other languages
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This is one of my favorite Calvino books. Unfortunately he did not finish this book and there is no actual framework for this novel, it is still a wonderful reading -
Three short stories about eating, listening ans smellig. Three short stories about desires. I always think Calvino is at his be ... (continue)
This is one of my favorite Calvino books. Unfortunately he did not finish this book and there is no actual framework for this novel, it is still a wonderful reading -
Three short stories about eating, listening ans smellig. Three short stories about desires. I always think Calvino is at his best when he wrote short stories. This is one of the example. His imagination took a different route to approach human desires. It is indeed a wonderful reading.
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