Marcovaldo or the Seasons in the City

Italo Calvino
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Marcovaldo is an unskilled worker in a drab industrial city in northern Italy. He is an irrepressible dreamer and an inveterate schemer. Much to the puzzlement of his wife, his children, his boss, and his neighbors, he chases his dreams-but the results are never the expected ones.
Genres: FictionShort StoriesItalian LiteratureClassicsItalyLiteratureNovels20th CenturyLiterary FictionSchool
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