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Includes stories about the evolution of the universe, with characters that are fashioned from mathematical formulae and cellular structures.Read More

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  • Foyles

    Italo Calvino's enchanting stories about the evolution of the universe, with characters that are fashioned from mathematical formulae and cellular structures, The Complete Cosmicomics is translated by Martin McLaughlin, Tim Parks and William Weaver in Penguin Modern Classics. 'Naturally, we were all there, - dld Qfwfq said, - where else could we have been? Nobody knew then that there could be space. Or time either: what use did we have for time, packed in there like sardines?' The Cosmicomics tell the story of the history of the universe, from the big bang, through millennia and across galaxies. It is witnessed through the eyes of 'cosmic know-it-all' Qfwfq, an exuberant, chameleon-like figure, who takes the shape of a dinosaur, a mollusc, a steamer captain and a moon milk gatherer, among others. This is the first complete edition in English of Italo Calvino's funny, whimsical and delightful stories, which blend scientific fact, flights of fancy, parody and wordplay to show the strangeness and the wonders of the world. Italo Calvino (1923-1985), 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 and raised in San Remo, Italy; he fought for the Italian Resistance from 1943-45. Among his other works published in Penguin Modern Classics are Italian Folktales, Hermit in Paris, Into the War, The Path to the Spiders' Nests, Numbers in the Dark, Six Memos for the Next Millennium and Why Read the Classics?

  • TheBookPeople

    This title includes enchanting stories about the evolution of the universe, with characters that are fashioned from mathematical formulae and cellular structures. They disport themselves among galaxies, experience the solidification of planets, move from aquatic to terrestrial existence, play games with hydrogen atoms - and have time for a love life. 'Naturally, we were all there, old Qfwfq said, where else could we have been? Nobody knew then that there could be space. Or time either: what use did we have for time, packed in there like sardines?'.

  • BookDepository

    The Complete Cosmicomics : Paperback : Penguin Books Ltd : 9780141189680 : : 06 May 2010 : Includes stories about the evolution of the universe, with characters that are fashioned from mathematical formulae and cellular structures.

  • Penguin

    Enchanting stories about the evolution of the universe, with characters that are fashioned from mathematical formulae and cellular structures.

  • Pickabook

    Italo Calvino, Martin McLaughlin (Trans), Martin McLaughlin (Trans)

  • 0141189681
  • 9780141189680
  • Italo Calvino
  • 6 May 2010
  • Penguin Classics
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 432
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