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Difficult Loves

69

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1970 · Italo Calvino

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Plot70
Characters77
Writing69
Pacing66
Originality67
Impact68
Category averages — Plot 70, Characters 77, Writing 69, Pacing 66, Originality 67, Impact 68Plot 70Characters 77Writing 69Pacing 66Originality 67Impact 68

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Synopsis

Difficult Loves (Italian: Gli amori difficili) is a 1970 short story collection by Italo Calvino. It concerns love and the difficulty of communication. Some published versions of the English translation by William Weaver omit a number of the stories, and also include other Calvino stories about the Second World War and postwar period, including those from The Crow Comes Last; some of these were translated by Archibald Colquhoun and Peggy Wright. "The Argentine Ant" and "The Cloud of Smog" (as "Smog") do not appear in this book, but rather in the translated The Watcher and Other Stories. An English translation of "The Adventure of a Skier" was published by The New Yorker in their July 3, 2017 issue.

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Details

Type
Book
Release date
January 1, 1970
Created by
Italo Calvino
Countries
Italy