{"product_id":"last-comes-the-raven","title":"Last Comes the Raven","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThese early short stories brim with the beauty of the Italian countryside and seaside, telling tales both sumptuous and unnerving.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCalvino's war-torn Italy is vivid, intense, almost hyper-real. A trio of greedy burglars rob a pastry shop, a boy offers a girl presents of toads and insects from the garden, a wealthy family invites a rustic goatherd to lunch, only to mock him. In every story he reveals the hidden meaning beneath the surface of everyday life, and the ludicrousness of war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome stories from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLast Comes the Raven\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e have been previously available in the collection \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAdam, One Afternoon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. This new expanded collection includes several stories newly translated by Ann Goldstein and is an important addition to Calvino's legacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLast Comes the Raven\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, a collection of early stories, we find the man behind the magician' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Italo Calvino","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52067271213377,"sku":null,"price":1350.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/3087\/9041\/files\/5534.jpg?v=1786279870","url":"https:\/\/www.bookemporium.pk\/products\/last-comes-the-raven","provider":"The Book Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}