T zero
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t zero is a 1967 collection of short stories by Italian author Italo Calvino
. The title story is based on a particularly uncertain moment in the life of a lion hunter. This second in time, t0 , is considered by the hunter against known previous seconds (t-1 , t-2 , ...) and hypothetical future seconds (t1 , t2 , ...)
"Qfwfq
" (an always extant being introduced in Cosmicomics
) narrates the first set of stories in the collection, which take a scientific fact, and build a wonderfully imaginative story around it. Other stories in the book diverge to a greater or lesser degree from this scientific theme. The final story in the collection is a postmodern
pastiche
of Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo
.
The book was also published in English with the title Time and the Hunter in 1970.
All of the stories in t zero, together with those from Cosmicomics and other sources, are now available in a single volume collection, The Complete Cosmicomics
(Penguin UK, 2009
).
Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. His best known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy , the Cosmicomics collection of short stories , and the novels Invisible Cities and If on a winter's night a traveler .Lionised in Britain and the United States,...
. The title story is based on a particularly uncertain moment in the life of a lion hunter. This second in time, t0 , is considered by the hunter against known previous seconds (t-1 , t-2 , ...) and hypothetical future seconds (t1 , t2 , ...)
"Qfwfq
Qfwfq
Qfwfq is the narrator of many stories appearing in several works by Italian author Italo Calvino.-Description of Character:Qfwfq is as old as the universe and has taken various forms, of which Qfwfq retains its memory in later incarnations...
" (an always extant being introduced in Cosmicomics
Cosmicomics
Cosmicomics is a book of short stories by Italo Calvino first published in Italian in 1965 and in English in 1968. Each story takes a scientific "fact" , and builds an imaginative story around it...
) narrates the first set of stories in the collection, which take a scientific fact, and build a wonderfully imaginative story around it. Other stories in the book diverge to a greater or lesser degree from this scientific theme. The final story in the collection is a postmodern
Postmodern literature
The term Postmodern literature is used to describe certain characteristics of post–World War II literature and a reaction against Enlightenment ideas implicit in Modernist literature.Postmodern literature, like postmodernism as a whole, is hard to define and there is little agreement on the exact...
pastiche
Pastiche
A pastiche is a literary or other artistic genre or technique that is a "hodge-podge" or imitation. The word is also a linguistic term used to describe an early stage in the development of a pidgin language.-Hodge-podge:...
of Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas. It is often considered to be, along with The Three Musketeers, Dumas's most popular work. He completed the work in 1844...
.
The book was also published in English with the title Time and the Hunter in 1970.
All of the stories in t zero, together with those from Cosmicomics and other sources, are now available in a single volume collection, The Complete Cosmicomics
The Complete Cosmicomics
The Complete Cosmicomics is a 2009 book that collects almost all of the Cosmicomic stories by Italian postmodern writer Italo Calvino. The book is not currently available in the United States.The single volume collection includes the following:...
(Penguin UK, 2009
2009 in literature
The year 2009 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*8 October - Romanian-born German novelist Herta Müller wins the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature....
).