{"product_id":"collection-of-sand-by-italo-calvino-9780141193748","title":"Collection of Sand","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCalvino's fascinating and cerebral collection of essays celebrating all aspects of the visual, translated for the first time and new to Penguin Modern Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eItalo Calvino claimed that 'the brain begins in the eye'. The essays collected here display his fascination with the visual universe, in which the things we see tell a truth about the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith encyclopedic knowledge and engaging curiosity, Calvino writes about such diverse subjects as the imaginative pleasures of maps, bizarre exhibitions, and the earliest forms of written language. Books and paintings provoke discussions of artistic motivation, while descriptions of a meticulous Japanese garden, Trajan's column crumbling to dust, or a Mexican temple smothered by the jungle lead to contemplations on space, time, and civilisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSurprising and profound, \u003cem\u003eCollection of Sand\u003c\/em\u003e provides a glimpse into the mind of a master of the imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46249873998060,"sku":"9780141193748","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780141193748.jpg?v=1741522621","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/collection-of-sand-by-italo-calvino-9780141193748","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}