''The Complete Cosmicomics'' is a 2009 book that collects almost all"Almost all" according to ''The Village Voice'' (see References); however, the introduction by McLaughlin claims that the book contains ''all'' the Cosmicomics.'' of the ''Cosmicomic'' stories by Italian postmodern writer

Italo Calvino Italo Calvino (, also , ;. RAI (circa 1970), retrieved 25 October 2012. 15 October 1923 – 19 September 1985) was an Italian writer and journalist. His best known works include the ''Our Ancestors'' trilogy (1952–1959), the '' Cosmicomi ...

. The single volume collection includes the following: * The 12 stories that comprise ''

Cosmicomics ''Cosmicomics'' ( it, Le cosmicomiche) is a collection of twelve short stories by Italo Calvino first published in Italian in 1965 and in English in 1968. The stories were originally published between 1964 and 1965 in the Italian periodicals ''I ...

'' * The 11 stories that comprise ''

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'' (also published as ''Time and the Hunter'') * 4 stories from ''Numbers in the Dark and Other Stories'' * 7 stories newly translated by

Martin McLaughlin Martin L. McLaughlin is Professor of Italian and Agnelli-Serena Professor of Italian Studies in the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford where he is a Fellow of Magdalen College.

(available for the first time in English) Translator Martin McLaughlin explains the origins of the seven new stories in his introduction to ''The Complete Cosmicomics'':

References

* Esposito, Scott
The Complete Cosmicomics: Full Contents and Details
The Quarterly Conversation, 2009. * Phillips, Julie
The Complete Cosmicomics, a Holy Grail for Italo Calvino Fans
The Village Voice, July 20, 2009.

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