Baron in the trees
Calvino, Italo, 1923-19851959
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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:
Baron in the trees / Italo Calvino ; translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein.
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2019.
Collation:
288 pages ; 19 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
First published in Italy as Il barone rampante by Giulio Einaudi Editore, S.p.A., Torino in 1957. First published in Great Britain by William Collins in 1959.Translated from the Italian.
ISBN:
9781784874216
Dewey class:
853.914
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
349195
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton Library | Adult Fiction - Fantasy | CALV | Available |