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The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino

The Baron in the Trees Italo Calvino ebook
Page: 224
Format: pdf
ISBN: 9780156106801
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

One day, he climbs up a tree and vows never to come down, thus beginning a series of fantastic adventures. Twelve-year old Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò is the willful son of a stuffy Italian baron. BOOK: The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino. Italo Calvino's novel, The Baron in the Trees is what it says on the tin. I live on trees." This was an interesting book. Original grey cloth with gilt titling. Size: 5.34 x 8.08 x 0.55 inches. In Italo Calvino's fable Baron in the Trees the young Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò retreated from a family dinnertime squabble and took to the trees vowing never to return to the ground again. The title's not metaphorical; it's actually about a Baron who lives in the trees. Cosimo, a young Italian nobleman of the 18th century, rebels against parental authority by climbing into the trees and remaining there for the rest of his life. "I too have lived many years for ideals which I would never be able to explain to myself; but I do something entirely good. The Baron in the Trees (1957) is an Italian novel by Italo Calvino in which a twelve year old Italian Baron climbs up into a tree to defy an order from his father. First UK Edition Hardcover, Octavo, 256 pp.