Collection of Sand: Essays (Record no. 49445)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780141193748
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 823 CAL
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Personal name Calvino, Italo
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Collection of Sand: Essays
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Penguin Books
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2013
Place of publication, distribution, etc London
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Extent 210
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Title Penguin Modern Classics
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Summary, etc Italo Calvino in Collection of Sand claimed that 'the brain begins in the eye'. The essays collected here display his fascination with the visual universe, in which the things we see tell a truth about the world. With encyclopedic knowledge and engaging curiosity, Calvino writes about such diverse subjects as the imaginative pleasures of maps, bizarre exhibitions and the earliest forms of written language. Books and paintings provoke discussions of artistic motivation, while descriptions of a meticulous Japanese garden, Trajan's column crumbling to dust or a Mexican temple smothered by the jungle lead to contemplations on space, time and civilization.<br/><br/>Surprising and profound, Collection of Sand provides a glimpse into the mind of a master of the magination.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Essays
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Personal name McLaughlin, M L (translator)
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