Description

Written when ltalo Calvino was 23 and first published in 1947, The Path to the Spiders’ Nests has been updated to include changes from the definitive Italian edition. This first novel by Calvino is a revealing commentary on the Italian resistance and an insightful coming-of-age story of Pin, a cobbler’s apprentice who lives with his sister, a prostitute, in a town on the Ligurian Coast during World II. He spends as much time as he can at the lowlife bar where he amuses grown-ups, and after a mishap with a Nazi soldier, becomes involved with a band of partisans. Bold, adventurous, and animated by the formidable imagination that made Italo Calvino one of the most respected writers of our time, this edition contains previously censored passages and his newly translated, unabridged preface.