Italo Calvino's enchanting stories about the evolution of the universe with characters that are fashioned from mathematical formulae & cellular structures The Complete Cosmicomics is translated by Martin Mc Laughlin Tim Parks & 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 & 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 & a moon milk gatherer among others This is the first complete edition in English of Italo Calvino's funny whimsical & delightful stories which blend scientific fact flights of fancy parody & wordplay to show the strangeness & 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 & 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 & Why Read the Classics? If you liked The Complete Cosmicomics you might enjoy Jorge Luis Borges' Fictions also available in Penguin Modern Classics' The complete & definitive collection a masterpiece' Gilbert Adair Evening Standard' Dazzling a book of revelation' Tim Adams Observer ' If you have never read Cosmicomics you have before you the most joyful reading experience of your life' Salman Rushdie'A landmark in fiction the work of a master' Ursula K Le Guin Guardian