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Mr. Palomar by Italo Calvino (1986, Trade Paperback)

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Mr. Palomar, Paperback by Calvino, Italo, ISBN 0156627809, ISBN-13 9780156627801, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Like the telescope that shares his name, Mr. Palomar, a visionary and quester after knowledge, prefers his inner dialogue to society but cannot escape the intrusive, civilized "I"

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100156627809

ISBN-139780156627801

eBay Product ID (ePID)63344

Product Key Features

Book TitleMr. Palomar

Number of Pages144 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicEuropean / French, Literary

Publication Year1986

GenreFiction, Literary Collections

AuthorItalo Calvino

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight4.6 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.3 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Reviews'Here, Calvino, probably Italy's leading novelist before he died, focuses a probing eye on one man's attempt to name the parts of his universe, almost as though Mr Palomar were trying to define and explain his own existence. Where the Palomar telescope points out into space, Mr Palomar points in: walking the beach, visiting the zoo, strolling in his garden. Each brief chapter reads like an exploded haiku, with Mr Palomar reading an universe into the proverbial grain of sand'

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal853/.914

SynopsisMr. Palomar, whose name purposely evokes that of the famous telescope, is a seeker after knowledge, a visionary in a world sublime and ridiculous. Whether contemplating a cheese, a woman's breasts, or a gorilla's behavior, he brings us a vision of a world familiar by consensus, fragmented by the burden of individual perception. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book, "Beautifully nimble, solitary feats of imagination." --Seamus Heaney "Beguiling." --Time A superbly crafted novel about one man's quest for order and reason in a chaotic and unreasonable world 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.