“Ten Italian Folktales” Italo Calvino (1956) Review | Misfortunes and cruelties

★★★☆☆ Extracts of a bigger collection of the folktales, "Fiabe italiane" written originally in 1956. A lot of misfortunes and a fair amount of cruelties, just like any folktales. Need to read the main book one day.

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Ten Italian Folktales
Italo Calvino, 1956
Fiabe italiane
96 pages
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Extracts of a bigger collection of the folktales, “Fiabe italiane” written originally in 1956.

They are short and some have moral teaching, like the last one Jump into my sack.
But the rest are tales and some just justify rapes, like sleeping with an unconscious queen and he becomes a king…

A lot of misfortunes and a fair amount of cruelty, just like any folktales.

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Ten Italian Folktales (Penguin 60s S.) 

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Ten Italian Folktales Paperback

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Fiabe italiane (Italiano)