num_pages: 402
description: The definitive edition of Calvinos cosmicomics bringing together all of these enchanting storiesincluding some never before translatedin one volume for the first timeIn Italo Calvinos cosmicomics primordial beings cavort on the nearby surface of the moon play marbles with atoms and bear ecstatic witness to Earths first dawn. Exploring natural phenomena and the origins of the universe these beloved tales relate complex scientific concepts to our common sensory emotional human world.Now The Complete Cosmicomics brings together all of the cosmicomic stories for the first time. Containing works previously published in Cosmicomics t zero and Numbers in the Dark this single volume also includes seven previously uncollected stories four of which have never been published in translation in the United States. This complete and definitive collection (Evening Standard) reconfirms the cosmicomics as a crowning literary achievement and makes them available to new generations of readers.
language: English
title: The Complete Cosmicomics
publisher: Penguin Books