The baron in the trees
Calvino, Italo2019
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From the age of twelve, the Baron Cosimo Piovasco di Rondo makes his home among ash, elm, magnolia, plum and almond, living up in the trees. He walks through paths made from the twisted branches of olive, makes his bed in a holly oak, bathes in a fountain constructed from poplar bark. An aerial library holds the books with which he educates himself in philosophy and mathematics. Suspended among the leaves, the Baron adventures with bandits and pirates, conducts a passionate love affair, and watches the Age of Enlightenment pass by beneath him.
Main title:
The baron in the trees / Italo Calvino ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein.
Author:
Calvino, Italo, authorGoldstein, Ann, 1949-, translator
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Edition:
New translation edition.
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2019.©2017.
Collation:
288 pages ; 19 cm.
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Notes:
First published in Italy as "Il barone rampante" in 1957 by Giulio Einaudi Editore, S.p.A.Translated from the Italian.
ISBN:
9781784874216 (hardback)
Dewey class:
853.914F
Language:
EnglishItalian
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BRN:
526946