ARGONAUT BOOKS

Here, Calvino focuses a probing eye on one man's attempt to name parts of his universe, almost as though Mr Palomar were trying to define and explain his own existence. 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 expl...Read More