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Difficult Loves
by
Italo Calvino
Nov. 4, 2025 - Nov. 7, 2025
(fiction)
Calvino, I. (1958). Difficult Loves. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
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Now she was naked. The whiter skin of her bosom a…
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Amilcare Carruga was still young, not lacking res…
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[...] Amedeo managed to sink completely into his …
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For some time Amedeo had tended to reduce his par…
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He went to the window. There was a large courtyar…
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Adam, One Afternoon
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Sleeping like Dogs 15
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The Enchanted Garden
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A Goatherd at Luncheon
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Big Fish, Little Fish
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A Ship Loaded with Crabs
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Man in the Wasteland
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Lazy Sons
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WARTIME STORIES
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Fear on the Footpath
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Hunger at Bévera
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Going to Headquarters
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The Crow Comes Last
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Animal Woods
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Mine Field
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POSTWAR STORIES
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Theft in a Pastry Shop
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Desire in November
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Transit Bed
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The Adventure of a Clerk
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