The Watcher and Other StoriesThe three long stories in this volume show the range and virtuosity of Italys most imaginative writer. Like Jorge Luis Borges and Gabriel Garca Mrquez, Italo Calvino dreams perfect dreams for us (John Updike, New Yorker). Translated by William Weaver and Archibald Colquhoun.

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