The Path to the Spiders Nests, Italo Calvino
The Path to the Spiders Nests, Italo Calvino
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The Path to the Spiders' Nests

Author: Italo Calvino, Archibald Colquhoun, Martin McLaughlin

Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini

Unabridged: 5 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/10/2018

Categories: Fiction, Classic


Synopsis

Italo Calvino was only twenty-three when he first published this bold and imaginative novel. It tells the story of Pin, a cobbler's apprentice in a town on the Ligurian coast during World War II. He lives with his sister, a prostitute, and spends as much time as he can at a seedy bar where he amuses the adult patrons.

After a mishap with a Nazi soldier, Pin becomes involved with a band of partisans.

Calvino's portrayal of these characters, seen through the eyes of a child, is not only a revealing commentary on the Italian resistance but an insightful coming-of-age story. Updated to include changes from Calvino's definitive Italian edition, previously censored passages, and his newly translated, unabridged
preface—in which Calvino brilliantly critiques and places into historical context his own youthful work—The Path to the Spiders' Nests is animated by the formidable imagination that has made Italo Calvino one of the most respected writers of our time.

About Italo Calvino

Italo Calvino (1923-1985) was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. His best known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy, the short story collection Cosmicomics, and the novels Invisible Cities and If on a Winter's Night a Traveler. He received numerous awards for his work, including the Riccione Prize and the Saint-Vincent Prize. Lionized in Britain and the United States, he was the most-translated contemporary Italian writer at the time of his death, and a noted contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature.


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