{"product_id":"9780099428541","title":"Marcovaldo","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Calvino, Italo \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 02\/03\/2001,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 144 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780099428541,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarcovaldo is an enchanting collection of twenty stories that are both melancholy and funny, farce and fantasy. Calvino charts the struggles of an Italian peasant to reconcile country habits with urban life, combining comical disasters with a surrealistic view of city life through the eyes of an outsider. As always with Calvino, nothing is quite as it seems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Delightful and rewarding as always' Observer'The most magically ingenious of the contemporary Italian novelists' The Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697668653100,"sku":"9780099428541","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780099428541.jpg?v=1722598261","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780099428541","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}