The Baron in the Trees

Calvino, Italo

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From the age of twelve, the Baron Cosimo Piovasco di Rondo makes his home among ash, elm, magnolia, plum and almond. He walks through paths made from the twisted branches of olive, makes his bed in a holly oak, bathes in a fountain constructed from poplar bark. An aerial library holds the books with which he educates himself in philosophy and mathematics. Suspended among the leaves, the Baron adventures with bandits and pirates, conducts a passionate love affair, and watches the Age of Enlightenment pass by beneath him.

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Publish Date: 01/04/2021
ISBN: 9781784874223 Category:

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‘I can think of no finer writer to have beside me while Italy explodes, Britain burns, while the world ends’ Salman Rushdie

From the age of twelve, the Baron Cosimo Piovasco di Rondo makes his home among ash, elm, magnolia, plum and almond, living up in the trees. He walks through paths made from the twisted branches of olive, makes his bed in a holly oak, bathes in a fountain constructed from poplar bark. An aerial library holds the books with which he educates himself in philosophy and mathematics. Suspended among the leaves, the Baron adventures with bandits and pirates, conducts a passionate love affair, and watches the Age of Enlightenment pass by beneath him.

‘The most magically ingenious of the contemporary Italian novelists’ The Times

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Weight 244 g
Dimensions 198 × 128 × 19 mm
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Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

288

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

853.914 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K