Last comes the raven : and other stories / Italo Calvino ; translated from the Italian by Archibald Colquhoun & Peggy Wright, Ann Goldstein, Ben Johnson, and William Weaver.
"First published in Italy by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A as Ultimo viene il corvo"--Title page verso.
Contents:
Adam, one afternoon -- A ship loaded with crabs -- The enchanted garden -- Dawn in the bare branches -- From father to son -- Man in the wasteland -- The master's eye -- Lazy sons -- A goatherd at luncheon -- The Bagnasco brothers -- The house of the beehives -- The same thing as blood -- The wait for death in a hotel -- Anguish in the barracks -- Fear on the footpath -- Hunger at BeĢvera -- Going to headquarters -- Last comes the raven -- One of the three is still alive -- Animal woods -- Mine field -- Seen in the cafeteria -- Theft in a pastry shop -- Dollars and the demimondaine -- Adventure of a soldier -- Sleeping like dogs -- Desire in november -- A judge is hanged -- The cat and the policeman -- Who put mine in the sea?
Summary:
"The first complete English-language edition of one of Calvino's important early short story collections"-- Provided by publisher.
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