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With encyclopedic knowledge, this title writes about such diverse subjects as the imaginative pleasures of maps, bizarre exhibitions and the earliest forms of written language. It provides a glimpse into the mind of a master of the magination.
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Penguin Books,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: |
English Italian |
| Series: |
Penguin modern classics
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| Summary: |
With encyclopedic knowledge, this title writes about such diverse subjects as the imaginative pleasures of maps, bizarre exhibitions and the earliest forms of written language. It provides a glimpse into the mind of a master of the magination. |
| Item Description: | Translated from the Italian. |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 209 pages ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780141193748 (paperback) : 0141193743 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | PQ4809 |
| CLC: | I546.65 |
| Call Number: | I546.65/C168-1 |
| Contents: | Contents note continued: The Thousand Gardens -- The Moon Chasing the Moon -- The Sword and the Leaves -- The Pinballs of Solitude -- Eros and Discontinuity -- The Ninety-Ninth Tree -- Mexico -- The Shape of the Tree -- Time and Branches -- The Forest and the Gods -- Iran -- The Mihrab -- The Flames within the Flames. |