The Path to the Spiders' Nests |
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Author:
| Calvino, Italo |
Revised by:
| McLaughlin, Martin |
Translator:
| McLaughlin, Martin Parks, Tim Creagh, Patrick Colquhoun, Archibald |
ISBN: | 978-0-14-118973-4 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2009 |
Publisher: | Penguin Books, Limited
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $24.99 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.