{"product_id":"book-epin","title":"Last Comes the Raven","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first complete English-language edition of one of Calvino's important early short story collections\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eBlending 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eStories from \u003cem\u003eLast Comes the Raven\u003c\/em\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 imp\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49363171180848,"sku":"BDepin","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49363171279152,"sku":"ZEepin","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49363171246384,"sku":"ZMepin","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/epin-cover.jpg?v=1761170414","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-epin","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}