Mr. Palomar

"Beautifully nimble, solitary feats of imagination." --Seamus Heaney

"Beguiling." --Time

A superbly crafted novel about one man's quest for order and reason in a chaotic and unreasonable world

Mr. Palomar is a delightful eccentric whose chief activity is looking at things. He is seeking knowledge; 'it is only after you have come to know the surface of things that you can venture to seek what is underneath'. Whether contemplating a fine cheese, a hungry gecko, a woman sunbathing topless or a flight of migrant starlings, Mr. Palomar's observations render the world afresh.

Author: Italo Calvino
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books Classics
Published: 09/01/1986
Series: Helen and Kurt Wolff Books
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.20w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780156627801