{"product_id":"numbers-in-the-dark-italo-calvino","title":"Numbers in the Dark - Italo Calvino","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumbers in the Dark is a collection of short stories covering the length of Calvino’s extraordinary writing career, from when he was a teenager to shortly before his death. They include witty allegories and wise fables; a town where everything has been forbidden apart from the game of tip-cat; a pitiable tribe watching the flight paths of guided missiles from outside their mud huts; a computer programmer considering the possible sequence of a series of brutal acts; and dialogues with Henry Ford, a Neanderthal and the gloomy, overthrown Montezuma …\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eItalo Calvino (1923-1985) was a leading Italian writer known for imaginative fiction and insightful prose. He won major awards including the Viareggio Prize, the Bagutta Prize, and the Feltrinelli Prize.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: 978-0-141-18974-1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Conceptbored ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56671103549822,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0955\/8464\/9598\/files\/957387A6-F60A-44EC-B931-5DFEA1994883.png?v=1764857654","url":"https:\/\/conceptbored.com\/products\/numbers-in-the-dark-italo-calvino","provider":"Conceptbored ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}