Marcovaldo Audiobook By Italo Calvino, William Weaver - translator cover art

Marcovaldo

or The Seasons in the City (Translated by William Weaver)

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Marcovaldo

By: Italo Calvino, William Weaver - translator
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
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Marcovaldo is an unskilled worker in a drab industrial city in northern Italy. He is an irrepressible dreamer and an inveterate schemer. Much to the puzzlement of his wife, his children, his boss, and his neighbors, he chases his dreams - but the results are never the expected ones. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book.

©1963 Giulio Einaudi Editore, S.p.A; Translation: 1983 Harcourt, Inc. and Martin Secker & Warburg Limited (P)2017 Recorded Books Literary Fiction Fiction Classics Genre Fiction Short Story Anthologies & Short Stories Literature & Fiction
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I love Calvino’s books, and this one was a fun one. I have both the English and the Italian versions.

Light and fun listen

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Couldn’t recommend this book or performance more. The reading captures the wonder and humor in Calvino’s work. Bravo.

Great book, great performance.

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If you enjoy whimsical stories and short structured forms like those found in other Calvino works, you'll also probably find this delightful, as I did.

Perfect narrator and wonderful story

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The father loved his family. He did care for others. It was an odd tale

It seemed like a dream.

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