Difficult Loves Av Italo Calvino

<p><strong>"The quirkiness and the grace of the writing, the originality of the imagination at work, the incandescence of vision, make this collection well worth reading." </strong><strong>—</strong><strong>Margaret Atwood</strong></p><p><strong>A dazzling early story collection from Italo Calvino about love and the difficulty of communication</strong></p><p>In <em>Difficult Loves</em>, Italy’s master storyteller weaves tales in which cherished deceptions and illusions of love—including self-love—are swept away in magical instants of recognition. A soldier is reduced to quivering fear by the presence of a full-figured woman in his train compartment; a young clerk leaves a lady’s bed at dawn; a young woman is isolated from bathers on a beach by the loss of her bikini bottom. Each of them discovers hidden truths beneath the surface of everyday life. Translated by the acclaimed Ann Goldstein (translator of Elena Ferrante''s <em>The Neapolitan Quartet) </em>this collection displays Calvino at the start of his prolific career, the groundwork for the </p>