The Watcher and Other Stories by Italo Calvino

The Watcher and Other Stories

Italo Calvino with William Weaver (Translator), Archibald Colquhoun (Translator)

181 pages first pub 1963 (editions)

fiction short stories mysterious reflective slow-paced
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In "The Watcher," a member of the Communist Party is assigned to a polling place in Turin's Hospital for Incurables, where he observes the rejects of humanity and a grotesque parody of the democratic process. "Smog" anticipates a preoccupation wit...

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