L'uccel Belvedere e altre fiabe italiane

by Italo Calvino

- Cuentos para los más pequeños.
- Cuentos para las niñas.
- Cuentos para meter miedo (una pizca, no mucho)
- Cuentos sólo para reir.
- Cuentos para llorar un poco.
- Cuentos en los que gana el más listo.

257 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1972

About the author

Italo Calvino was born in Cuba and grew up in Italy. He was a journalist and writer of short stories and novels. His best known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy (1952-1959), the Cosmicomics collection of short stories (1965), and the novels Invisible Cities (1972) and If On a Winter's Night a Traveler (1979).

His style is not easy to classify; much of his writing has an air reminiscent to that of fantastical fairy tales (Our Ancestors, Cosmicomics), although sometimes his writing is more "realistic" and in the scenic mode of observation (Difficult Loves, for example). Some of his writing has been called postmodern, reflecting on literature and the act of reading, while some has been labeled magical realist, others fables, others simply "modern". He wrote: "My working method has more often than not involved the subtraction of weight. I have tried to remove weight, sometimes from people, sometimes from heavenly bodies, sometimes from cities; above all I have tried to remove weight from the structure of stories and from language."

Reviews

[Zola Franchi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an Italian book consisting of over 30 stories, modern and old, accompanied by illustrations. Throughout the book themes are very similar, don't lie, be yourself, and be kind and in return people will be kind to you. My favorite story out of all of these is "Le ochine," focuses on making allegories between animals and the wildlife, trying to represent greed man has.

[Lectora desde la cuna · Rating 4 out of 5]

La verdad no se como explicar, pero está re recomendado

[Roberta Ciannarella · Rating 4 out of 5]

Libro che ho letto durante la mia infanzia, non l'ho terminato perché nel frattempo sono cresciuta ma lo ricordo con affetto

[Diana Bernal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Este es mi libro favorito, tengo más de 15 años buscándolo y en físico no lo encuentro