{"product_id":"numbers-in-the-dark-by-italo-calvino","title":"Numbers in the Dark : And Other Stories by Italo Calvino","description":"\u003cp\u003eTrade Paperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten between 1943 and 1984, the stories in \u003cem\u003eNumbers in the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e span the career of one of fiction's modern masters: from Italo Calvino's earliest fables, to tales informed by life in World War II-era Italy, to the delightful experimentation that would define his later work. Here are speculative stories on life in the digital age, genre-bending wonders, and \"impossible interviews\" with the likes of Montezuma and a Neanderthal. Deftly translated by Tim Parks, \u003cem\u003eNumbers in the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e shows off Calvino's lifelong gift for subtle humor and shimmering philosophical insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Everybody telephones everybody at every possible moment, and nobody can speak to anybody . . . Distance has been the warp that supports the weft of every love story.\" -- from \u003cem\u003eNumbers in the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eNumbers in the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e is a glorious grab-bag . . . [with] enough gems from every phase in Calvino's career to make it feel indispensable.\" -- \u003cem\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48875098538177,"sku":"CALVINO-NUMBERSINDARK","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0367\/4406\/9251\/files\/51YUQfNpFeL._SL1500.jpg?v=1735492873","url":"https:\/\/greenhandbookshop.com\/products\/numbers-in-the-dark-by-italo-calvino","provider":"Green Hand Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}