Collection of Sand

This “brilliant collection of essays” and travelogues by the celebrated author of  Invisible Cities  “may change the way you see the world around you” ( The Guardian , UK).   Italo Calvino’s boundless curiosity and ingenious imagination are displayed in peak form in  Collection of Sand , his last collection of new works published during his lifetime. Delving into the delights of the visual world—both in art and travel—the subjects of these 38 essays range from cuneiform and a