{"product_id":"last-comes-the-raven","title":"Last Comes the Raven","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first complete English-language edition of one of Calvino's important early short story collections\u003c\/b\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\u003ci\u003e Last Comes the Raven\u003c\/i\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.","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67661116670319,"sku":"9780544146709","price":110.67,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/9384\/9711\/files\/0544146700.jpg?v=1791112644","url":"https:\/\/internacional.umlivro.com.br\/products\/last-comes-the-raven","provider":"UmLivro Internacional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}