Collected Works of Italo Calvino -- Italian Fairy Tales (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: Italo Calvino
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Publish Date: 2001-09-01
Features: In Italian Folktales, Calvino adapted ancient dialectal fairy tales from different regions of Italy, ensuring their preservation in collective memory. The other works included in this collection, through satirical comedy and marvelous imagination, clearly critique the harms of the modern world, from indulgent individualism to various social issues. This collection features nearly twenty representative works from different periods of his career, presenting a comprehensive introduction to Calvino's works in China to date. Italian Folktales was published in 1956, a "complete Italian fairy tale book" written by Calvino based on folk tales from various regions of Italy recorded in different languages in the 19th century, designed for ordinary Italian readers as well as audiences worldwide.