(Dalla presentazione di Calvino alledizione del 1966) Venti novelle che seguono una classica struttura narrativa: quella delle storielle e vignette dei giornalini per l. 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. 'Lamore per la natura di Marcovaldo è quello che può nascere solo in un uomo di città: per questo non possiamo sapere nulla duna sua provenienza extracittadina questo estraneo alla città è il cittadino per eccellenza'. He wrote: " My working method has more often than not involved the subtraction of weight. 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". 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). 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). He was a journalist and writer of short stories and novels. His style is not easy to classify much of his writing has an air reminiscent to th Italo Calvino was born in Cuba and grew up in Italy. Italo Calvino was born in Cuba and grew up in Italy.