Mr. Palomar - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Italo Calvino (Author)"Beautifully nimble, solitary feats of imagination." --Seamus Heaney"Beguiling." --TimeA superbly crafted novel about one man' s quest for order and reason in a chaotic and unreasonable worldMr. Palomar is a delightful eccentric whose chief activity is looking at things. He is seeking knowledge; 'it is only after you have come to know the surface of things that you can venture to seek what is underneath'. Whether contemplating a fine cheese, a hungry gecko, a woman sunbathing topless or a flight of migrant starlings, Mr. Palomar's observations render the world afresh. Number of Pages: 144 Dimensions: 0.5 x 7.7 x 5.2 IN Publication Date: October 19, 2011 Show more