{"product_id":"the-baron-in-the-trees-italo-calvino","title":"The Baron in the Trees (Italo Calvino)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I can think of no finer writer to have beside me while Italy explodes, Britain burns, while the world ends' Salman Rushdie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The most magically ingenious of the contemporary Italian novelists' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eItalo Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923 and grew up in Italy. He was an essayist and journalist and a member of the editorial staff of Einaudi in Turin. One of the most respected writers of the twentieth century, his best-known works of fiction include \u003ci\u003eInvisible Cities\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIf on a Winter's Night a Traveller\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMarcovaldo\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMr Palomar\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1973 he won the prestigious Premio Feltrinelli. He died in 1985. A collection of Calvino's posthumous personal writings, \u003ci\u003eThe Hermit in Paris\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2003.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 304 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65805037044061,"sku":"K090219381","price":11.3,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9021938100001A.jpg?v=1788466243","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-baron-in-the-trees-italo-calvino","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}