The present volume is intended to tell the story of the developing malaise that accompanies the inaction of the characters in Racconti. [...] The characters embody the idiosyncracies of a man living in the volatile atmosphere of the 1950s. [...] Moreover, the narrations of the 1960s, the 1970s and 1980s were continuously undermined by the inherent randomness of existence, by the unpredictable psychology of his characters, by the limitations of knowledge and the relativity of human instinct that Calvino purposefully worked into each narrative system. [...] All of the tales are qualified by the adjective difficile e and indeed a disturbing aura pervades the work, coloring the actions of the characters with tones of despair. [...] The unifying theme in Racconti is the journey of man from a position of communion with the world, in the early tales, towards an existential and hermetic solitude in the final novellas.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references: p. 119-127
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 853/.914
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 20
- General Note
- Includes index Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 0889209901 9780889206342
- LCCN
- PQ4809.A45
- LCCN Item number
- D53 1990eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOTU
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xii, 131 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)rjv00101405 (OCoLC)243574886 (CaOOCEL)402403
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOTU
Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Acknowledgments 10
- Editorial Note 12
- Introduction 14
- Chapter One: I Racconti 18
- Chapter Two: "Difficult Idylls": The Evanescence of Paradise 32
- Chapter Three: "Difficult Memories": The Tightrope of Time 60
- Chapter Four: "Difficult Loves": The Elusive Self 76
- Chapter Five: "A Difficult Life": Life in the Silent Labyrinth 102
- Conclusion 122
- Notes 126
- Bibliography 132
- Index 142
- A 142
- B 142
- C 142
- D 142
- E 142
- F 142
- G 142
- I 142
- K 142
- L 142
- M 142
- N 142
- O 143
- P 143
- Q 143
- R 143
- S 143
- T 144
- U 144
- V 144
- W 144
- Z 144
