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baron on tree

[意] 伊塔洛·卡尔维诺

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Author: [Italian] Italo Calvino Translator: Wu Zhengyi Press: Yilin Press



In mainland China, Wang Xiaobo, Su Tong, A Cheng and Zhi An are his loyal fans

In Taiwan, Zhu Tianwen and Tang Nuo are Calvino's tireless communicators

In Hong Kong, Liang Wendao said that he has been preparing to talk about Calvino, but he has not been ready

Authoritative version, comprehensive revision of the 2006 monograph translation, and addition of prefaces, postscripts, notes and other important materials of Calvino's works

Brand-new binding by well-known designers, hardcover double-cover design, spine bronzing, and original line drawings on the cover, giving each work a literary personality

One of Italo Calvino's "Our Ancestors" trilogy. The "Our Ancestors" trilogy includes: "The Nonexistent Knight", "The Viscount Divided in Two", and "The Baron on the Tree". These three stories represent the three stages leading to freedom and the experience of how people realize themselves. : Struggle for survival in "Non-Existent Knights", seek a whole life free from society's ravages in "The Viscount Divided in Two", and there is a path to wholeness in "The Baron on the Tree" - this is through Impersonal integrity achieved through a deliberate effort towards one's own self-determination.

A stubborn resistance made Cosimo decide never to go down the tree since he was twelve years old. From then on, he lived on the tree all his life, but connected his life more closely with the earth. Is it true that only by alienating people first can we finally be with them?

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