Mr Palomar

Author: Calvino, Italo

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 11 July 1994 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage Classics) in the United Kingdom.

Mr 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.

'Beautifully nimble, solitary feats of imagination' Seamus Heaney'Beguiling' Time