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The Path to the Spiders' Nests: Revised Edition (Paperback)

by Italo Calvino (Author)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Harper Perennial; Revised edition (July 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0060956585
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060956585
  • Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 13.2 x 1.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,270,847 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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‘An insight into the makings of an European master' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Italo Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923. He grew up in Italy. He was an essayist and journalist and a member of the editorial staff of Einaudi in Turin. In 1973 he won the prestigious Premio Feltrinelli. He died in 1985. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Calvino's first novel, 24 July 2009
This review is from: The Path to the Spiders' Nests (Hardcover)
Quite short, and straight forward without much complexity. An orphaned boy, living with his prostitute sister in Liguria in wartime Italy occupied by Germans, is trying to find his place among adults, who themselves aren't alway sure whether they should be anti-facist partisans or black-shirt militia. Pin, the boy, steals a German sailor's pistol, and ultimately finds himself appended to a partisan detachment in the Ligurian hills.

A book about a child's sometimes quite perceptive view of adults around him, his desire to be included with the adults on an equal footing while still longing to remain a child when he is frightened. Touching at times, but slightly spoiled by a rather clumsy (though thankfully short) political/philosophical discussion between two partisan leaders about the difference between a fascist's and communist's motivations.

Interesting to see the start of Italo Calvino's writing career as a novelist.
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