Description
| Product ID: | 9780099430872 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Mr Palomar |
| Authors: | Author: Italo Calvino, William Weaver |
| Page Count: | 128 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Mr Palomar is a delightful eccentric whose chief activity is looking at things. Whether contemplating a fine cheese, a hungry gecko, a woman sunbathing topless or a flight of migrant starlings, Mr Palomar's observations render the world afresh. Mr Palomar is a delightful eccentric whose chief activity is looking at things. He is seeking knowledge; ''it is only after you have come to know the surface of things that you can venture to seek what is underneath''. Whether contemplating a fine cheese, a hungry gecko, a woman sunbathing topless or a flight of migrant starlings, Mr Palomar''s observations render the world afresh. |
| Imprint Name: | Vintage Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1994-07-11 |