Collection Of SandA brilliant collection of essays and travelogues by the celebrated author Italo Calvino that change the way you see the world around you (The Guardian, UK). The fascination of a collection lies just as much in what it reveals as in what it conceals of the secret urge that led to its creation. Italo Calvinos boundless curiosity and singular mind are displayed in peak form in Collection of Sand, thelast collection of works published during his lifetime.

New York Times writer Lily Koppel embarked on a journey into the past

As each piece of his evening routine is completed—helping with the dishes

comes Seeing Stars

If the picture Moorhead paints is messier than the myth

and Strike is tempted—but the information Zuna wants in return threatens Strike’s friend Boom

revealing secrets that will change everything

and utterly engrossing

and to avoid being a well-intentioned barrier to equality

Full-color illustrations by Sarah McConnell add to the humor in this story by Grace Gilman

…to his pregnant Cinderella

The Veil has fallen

And how can we learn to let go of the past and believe in the future