by Italo Calvino · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429721881
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«El baró rampant» is the Catalan edition of Italo Calvino's novel published by Edicions 62 in paperback (264 pages).
Cosimo, a young Italian nobleman of the eighteenth century, settles in the trees at the age of twelve and never comes down again. From there he observes the world of his time and takes part in it with a critical eye. The novel explores freedom, the relationship with nature and the personal ideal, with a fantastic and philosophical tone.
This edition is volume 14 of the «El Cangur» collection from Edicions 62. The work is part of the trilogy «Els nostres avantpassats», with «El vescomte migpartit» and «El cavaller inexistent», and was originally published in 1957.
For those who enjoy fantastic narrative with humor and philosophical depth; a twentieth-century Italian classic.
Italo Calvino was an Italian novelist and short story writer. His best-known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy (1952–1959), the Cosmicomics collection of short stories (1965), and the novels Invisible Cities (1972) and If on a winter's night a traveler (1979).
