{"product_id":"last-comes-the-raven-and-other-stories","title":"Last Comes the Raven: And Other Stories","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe first complete English-language edition of one of Calvino's important early short story collections\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Blending reality and illusion with elegance and precision, the stories in this collection--one of Calvino's earliest--take place in a World War II-era and postwar Italy tinged with the visionary and fablelike qualities that would come to define this master storyteller's later style. A trio of gluttonous burglars invade a pastry shop; two children trespass upon a forbidden garden; a wealthy family invites a rustic goatherd to lunch, only to mock him. In the title story, a compact masterpiece of shifting perspectives, a panicked soldier tries to keep his wits--and his life--when he faces off against a young partisan with a loaded rifle and miraculous aim. Throughout, Calvino delights in discovering hidden truths beneath the surface of everyday life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Stories from\u003cem\u003e Last Comes the Raven\u003c\/em\u003e have been published in translation, but the collection as a whole has never appeared in English. This volume, including several stories newly translated by Ann Goldstein, is an important addition to Calvino's legacy.\r","brand":"Italo Calvino","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44444337144044,"sku":"9780544146709","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780544146709.jpg?v=1719001381","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/last-comes-the-raven-and-other-stories","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}