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Description edit
Marcovaldo is an unskilled worker in a drab industrial city in northern Italy. He is an irrepressible dreamer and an inveterate schemer. Much to the puzzlement of his wife, his children, his boss, and his neighbors, he chases his dreams-but the results are never the expected ones. Translated... read more
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First Sentence edit
The wind, coming to the city from far away, brings it unusual gifts, noticed by only a few sensitive souls, such as hay-fever victims, who sneeze at the pollen from flowers of other lands.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 554 of 986 in 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up. (authoritative list)
Preceded by How the Whale Became, and followed by Stig of the Dump (Puffin Modern Classics).
Authors & Contributors edit
- Italo Calvino (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: Italian
Publisher: Mariner Books
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Publication Date: November 16, 1983
ISBN: 0156572044
Page Count: 128
Publisher: Mariner Books
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: November 16, 1983
ISBN: 0156572044
Page Count: 128
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- Dewey: 853.914
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