{"product_id":"numbers-in-the-dark-9780544146426b","title":"Numbers In the Dark","description":"From the acclaimed, genre-bending Italian fabulist author, a posthumous collection of career-spanning stories previously unavailable in English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten between 1943 and 1984, the stories in Numbers in the Dark span the career of one of fiction’s modern masters: from Italo Calvino’s earliest fables, to tales informed by life in World War II–era Italy, to the delightful experimentation that would define his later work. Here are speculative stories on life in the digital age, genre-bending wonders, and “impossible interviews” with the likes of Montezuma and a Neanderthal. Deftly translated by Tim Parks, \u003ci\u003eNumbers in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e shows off Calvino’s lifelong gift for subtle humor and shimmering philosophical insight.","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42822177718352,"sku":"9780544146426B","price":8.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780544146426-l.jpg?v=1785886804","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/numbers-in-the-dark-9780544146426b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}