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| Original Title: | Il barone rampante |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | I nostri antenati #2 |
| Characters: | Cosimo Piovasco, Biagio Piovasco, Arminio Piovasco |
| Setting: | Liguria(Italy) |
| Literary Awards: | Premio Viareggio (1957) |
Italo Calvino
Paperback | Pages: 217 pages Rating: 4.06 | 26533 Users | 1399 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Baron in the Trees (I nostri antenati #2) |
| Author | : | Italo Calvino |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 217 pages |
| Published | : | March 28th 1977 by Mariner Books (first published 1957) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Classics. European Literature. Italian Literature. Cultural. Italy. Fantasy. Literature. Novels |
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A landmark new translation of a Calvino classic, a whimsical, spirited novel that imagines a life lived entirely on its own termsCosimo di Rondó, a young Italian nobleman of the eighteenth century, rebels against his parents by climbing into the trees and remaining there for the rest of his life. He adapts efficiently to an existence in the forest canopy—he hunts, sows crops, plays games with earth-bound friends, fights forest fires, solves engineering problems, and even manages to have love affairs. From his perch in the trees, Cosimo sees the Age of Enlightenment pass by, and a new century dawn.
The Baron in the Trees exemplifies Calvino’s peerless ability to weave tales that sparkle with enchantment. This new English rendering by acclaimed translator Ann Goldstein breathes new life into one of Calvino’s most beloved works.
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When you read multiple works by an author, you start to identify characteristics and themes that unify the oeuvre and allow for adjectives like "Kafkaesque" and "Joycean." The Baron in the Trees is the fourth novel I've read by Italo Calvino, who I consider one of my favorite authors. My experience with Calvino has been somewhat odd, however, because the order in which I've read these four books is almost exactly the opposite order in which he wrote them. I have no doubt that an elderly CalvinoThis is a beautifully modulated narrative. I admired it as much on the second reading as the first. What impresses is Calvino's ability to make us feel so deeply for these characters. They are so wonderfully eccentric and idiosyncratic, so human. Set during the Age of Reason, specifically during the lifetime of Voltaire, the tale seems straightforward enough. On 15 June 1767, Cosimo, 12-year-old son of an Italian aristocrat living in stately semi-reclusion in Ombrosa, near Genoa, takes to the
I'm doing well (just ask me) in my world literature goals this year. This Italo Calvino (Italy) came recommended to me from Karl Ove Knausgaard (Norway). It was unusual in that it was a fantasy for adults--the story of a boy who gets angry with his parents and instead of going to his room, goes to his trees. And stays there. For life.Sound like the Swiss Family Robinson? In a way, but they came down to earth. He never does. Instead, like the Little Prince on his planets, Cosimo becomes
Such a sweet story, and beautifully translated by Ann Goldstein. I felt like I was reading an incredible children's book.
Calvino reports, in one of the Hermit in Paris essays, that he wrote this novel in response to leaving the communist party, after the 1956 Soviet invasion of Hungary. I'm nevertheless not getting a god-that-failed critique vibe here. The novel's setting involves the destruction of the French Revolution by reactionaries (so there's that concordance with 1956)--and the protagonist is a proponent of the revolution--he is likely in the revolution's leftwing, envisioning a radical arborocracy that
Calvino's most memorable book. A baroque (in setting, if not in style) masterpiece, but approachable by anyone. One of my favorite books of all time.
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