The Path to the Spiders' Nests
By Italo Calvino
Revised by Martin McLaughlin
New to Penguin Modern Classics, Calvino's first novel
Pin is a bawdy, adolescent cobbler's assistant, both arrogant and insecure who - while the Second World War rages - sings songs and tells jokes to endear himself to the grown-ups of his town - particularly jokes about his sister, who they all know as the town's 'mattress'. Among those his sister sleeps with is a German sailor, and Pin dares to steal his pistol, hiding it among the spiders' nests in an act of rebellion that entangles him in the adults' war.
- ISBN:
- 9780141189734
- Format:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 192
- Published:
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Imprint:
- Penguin Classics
- Weight:
- 149 g