Cosmicomics
Author: Italo Calvino
This is an account of the universe as a cosmic joke, surreal random fiction. Ofwfq is like matter – he can be neither created nor destroyed. In 1000 diverse shapes and peculiar forms he has fitted, spiralled and plodded through every strange change or evolution. This is his account…..Read More
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