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The Baron in the Trees (I nostri antenati #2)
Cosimo, a young eighteenth-century Italian nobleman, rebels by climbing into the trees to remain there for the rest of his life. He adapts efficiently to an arboreal existence and even has love affairs. Translated by Archibald Colquhoun.
Paperback, 217 pages
Published
March 28th 1977
by Mariner Books
(first published 1957)
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La disobbedienza acquista un senso solo quando diventa una disciplina morale più rigorosa e ardua di quella a cui si ribella (I. Calvino, presentazione del Barone Rampante nell’edizione annotata per le scuole medie, 1965)
Un ragazzo sale sugli alberi dopo un litigio con i genitori e non ne scenderà mai più. Perché? Tutti ci siamo ribellati ai nostri genitori (e a quello che rappresentavano) anche se, per fortuna, pochi hanno dovuto adottare comportamenti così estremi per riuscire ad affermare la...more
Un ragazzo sale sugli alberi dopo un litigio con i genitori e non ne scenderà mai più. Perché? Tutti ci siamo ribellati ai nostri genitori (e a quello che rappresentavano) anche se, per fortuna, pochi hanno dovuto adottare comportamenti così estremi per riuscire ad affermare la...more
Immaginate di avere una sorella brutta ed arcigna che si impossessa del monopolio culinario e detta per i vostri palati una poco succulenta dieta a base di lumache, lumache per primo, per secondo, per contorno, dolce alle lumache, lumache alle lumache; dopo l’ennesimo lumacoso pranzo della vostra vita, la decisione più sensata che potreste prendere è quella che ha preso Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò - sedicente protagonista de ‘Il barone rampante’ – ossia salire sugli alberi e non scenderne mai più.
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(برای بهتر دیدن زمین باید کمی از آن فاصله گرفت . ) به نظر من این یکی از زیبا ترین و تاثیر گذارترین جملات این کتاب است .
كوزيمو قهرمان داستان در دوازده سالگي بدلیل سختگيريهاي پدر اشرافی خود به بالاي درخت ميرودو تصميم ميگيرد كه ديگر پايين نيايد.
اين درختنشيني كه در دوره نوجواني نوعي لجبازي با خانواده است، در جواني و بزرگسالي به انتخابي آگاهانه تبديل ميشود. کوزیمو هیچ وقت پایش به زمین نمی رسد و در همان بالای درخت می میرد . این عمل او پایبندی به هدفی است که متاسفانه در بسیاری از ما کم رنگ و بی مع...more
كوزيمو قهرمان داستان در دوازده سالگي بدلیل سختگيريهاي پدر اشرافی خود به بالاي درخت ميرودو تصميم ميگيرد كه ديگر پايين نيايد.
اين درختنشيني كه در دوره نوجواني نوعي لجبازي با خانواده است، در جواني و بزرگسالي به انتخابي آگاهانه تبديل ميشود. کوزیمو هیچ وقت پایش به زمین نمی رسد و در همان بالای درخت می میرد . این عمل او پایبندی به هدفی است که متاسفانه در بسیاری از ما کم رنگ و بی مع...more
همان نیاز رخنه به درون دنیایی دست نیافتنی،نیازی که برادرم را به پا نهادن در راه شاخساران انبوه کشانده بود،هنوز او را وسوسه می کرد؛هنوز او را وامیداشت که برای فرو نشاندن آن عطش سیری ناپذیر در جستجوی دست یابی هرچه بیشتر بر آن دنیا باشد،دلش می خواست با هر برگ،هر تنه درخت،هر پر و هر آواز بال پرنده پیوند داشته باشد.این همان عشقی است که شکارچی به هر موجود زنده ای حس می کند،و برای بیان آن-به شیوه ای که ویژه اوست-تفنگش را به دوش می اندازد:کوزیمو،که هنوز به وجود این عشق پی نبرده بود،می کوشید با پیشروی و...more
In 1767 twelve year old Cosimo di Rondo, the oldest son of an Italian Baron, climbs into a tree outside his house in protest at being forced to eat snails for dinner. His family tell him to come down at once, but he refuses, in fact he vows that his feet will never touch the ground again, and so begins the chronicle of the strangest of lives, told by his brother, as Cosimo lives out his days in the branches of the trees.
This story is what the film 'Ivul' by Andrew Kotting was loosely based on, a...more
This story is what the film 'Ivul' by Andrew Kotting was loosely based on, a...more
کتاب "بارون درخت نشین" - ایتالو کالوینو- دقیقا به من همون حسی رو داد که نباید می داد. داستان طغیان یه نوجوون که از یه جایی تصمیم می گیره دیگه هیچ وقت پاشو روی زمین نذاره و باقی عمرش رو روی درخت ها بگذرونه. فارغ از همه ی تمدن چند هزار ساله ای که به زور از بدو تولد بهمون دیکته می کنن داستان نپذیرفتن قوانین و زیر بار نرفتن عرف و رسوم و دین. گاهی یه کتاب ساده همه ی اون چیزی که از نظر روانی برای طغیان کردن نیاز داری بهت میده اما شرایط فراهم نیست. با خودت فکر می کنی کاری نکنم که همه چیز خراب بشه. اون...more
Dec 29, 2011
Kelanth, numquam risit ubi dracones vivunt
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3 of 5 stars
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Mano a mano che leggevo il libro mi sono ricordato di averlo letto in età scolare, troppe immagini mi tornavano alla mente per essere solo frutto del sentito dire; stranamente mi ero scordato di questa lettura o forse è stata un'amnesia volontaria, in quanto il libro non mi ha entusiasmato molto, soprattutto se paragonato a libri dello stesso autore come "Marcovaldo" per esempio, altra lettura affrontata durante gli studi e ripresa anche in età adulta con lo stesso entusiasmo. Niente da dire sul...more
An all around story-teller in the strictest sense, Calvino guides the reader through a delightfully conceived but ultimately unfulfilling novella in The Baron in the Trees. This story is about the Baron Cosimo from a small provincial town in Italy who at the outset of teenagedom becomes fed up with the stale life of his family and the constant nagging of his father and, feeling the need to define himself amongst these trivialities, climbs into a tree and vows never to return to solid ground.
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Feb 12, 2008
Mike
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Calvino fans, fairy tale
Recommended to Mike by:
Ann Kim, Stefano Rastelli
Originally I had read sections of this book in Italian for a class I took while studying abroad. Calvino's sentences and vocabulary can be a bear to translate, especially given the nature of the book; the protagonist, Cosimo, spends most of the novel climbing in various species of tree, and even at the moments of the highest dramatic tension I had to flip through a rather large dictionary to find out that he was traversing a holm oak.
Rereading in English, this fascination with the particulars m...more
Rereading in English, this fascination with the particulars m...more
Credo di avere letto per la prima volta Il barone rampante trentacinque anni fa, nell'edizione "ridotta per le scuole" che oltre a togliere il nome del torrente Merdanzo deve avere molto glissato sulle avventure amorose del Barone Cosimo Rondò di Piovasco - o forse ero io troppo ingenuo per ricordarmele? Ripresolo adesso dopo che mi è stato regalato non posso che confermare che è un capolavoro. A me personalmente non piace molto lo stile di scrittura soprattutto nei primi capitoli, che non so qu...more
I'm just not sure I get Italo Calvino. This book is quite literally about a Baron who, when he's 12, decides he's going to live in the trees (good title, then). He does just that, and we get to learn about how he moves around in the trees, how he dresses, and what he eats. He never comes down, and a lot goes on, but I kept waiting for something else to happen or for something to be explained. That didn't happen. I'm sure this is a metaphor for something, but I’m not sure what. I found this book...more
I read this book during military service , When I had to do a lot of compulsory jobs, as I started to read there were no choices except finishing that .It was like finding a window to a green and sunny garden in a cold room.
ترجمه روان مرحوم سحابی و نگاه رندانه نویسنده ،این کتاب روتبدیل به یک کتاب واقعن خواندنی کرده
ايده ي فوق العاده كتاب هيچ وقت از ذهن خارج نميشه و خواننده رو همراه با كوزيمو در مراحل مختلف زندگي از درختي به درخت ديگر ميكشونه، چه گهگاه، به سر همه ما ميزنه كه از قواعد مرسوم زمانه...more
ترجمه روان مرحوم سحابی و نگاه رندانه نویسنده ،این کتاب روتبدیل به یک کتاب واقعن خواندنی کرده
ايده ي فوق العاده كتاب هيچ وقت از ذهن خارج نميشه و خواننده رو همراه با كوزيمو در مراحل مختلف زندگي از درختي به درخت ديگر ميكشونه، چه گهگاه، به سر همه ما ميزنه كه از قواعد مرسوم زمانه...more
Told by his younger brother Biagio, this whimsical story is about a twelve-year-old boy named Cosimo, son of the baron Arminio Piovasco di Rondo. The novel starts off on June 15th, 1767, the day Cosimo refuses to eat his snails for dinner, and decides to go live in one of the trees on his parents' estate for the rest of his life. At the beginning of the novel, Biagio recalls some of the playful pranks Cosimo would pull off while in the trees, making for enjoyable reading. The book is slow to get...more
Tôi thích những cao trào của các thái cực đối lập được Italo Calvino đẩy lên một cách nhẹ nhàng, bay bổng và đầy tính thuyết phục. Xuyên suốt câu chuyện của Cosimo, tôi bắt gặp không ít những nhân vật, dù chỉ thoáng qua, nhưng đã để lại những dấu ấn riêng. Như anh chàng cướp mê tiểu thuyết lãng mạn, ông thầy Trùm ma mãnh nhưng (có thể) si tình, bà mẹ mê mải với những chiến lược quân sự, ... Mỗi nhân vật đều có những mảng đối lập cùng lúc song hành, lấn chiếm, đua nhau để được thể hiện nổi bật ra...more
Enchanting, that’s the word for this book. Cuban-born Italian Calvino gave us a fable about the intersection of the human and natural worlds, loyalty, and individuality. The hero is Cosimo, an 18th century Italian baron disappointed with the social norms of his time and the expectations of him based on his family position. In defiance of these expectations he takes to the trees where he demonstrates the possibilities of arboreal life by living the rest of his life without setting foot on solid g...more
This isn’t the first time I’ve gone to the library looking for a book by a certain author and ended up with another title because the first wasn’t available. Sometimes this doesn’t work out so well (See my rant on Coover’s Smut, April 14), but sometimes it does. That’s just fine with me. No use pretending we have much control over life, and some of the best adventures come via happenstance. In Calvino’s case, The Baron in the Trees was a fine adventure indeed.
I’m tempted to call Baron a fable...more
I’m tempted to call Baron a fable...more
Apr 09, 2012
Anabel
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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Recommended to Anabel by:
Esther
Me encanta el humor de Italo Calvino. Para qué negarlo, me encanta esa sensación de fantasía que siempre adorna sus novelas, sus relatos, y que consigue arrancarme una sonrisa en cualquier situación.
La narración es perfecta, la prosa brillante y afilada, no le sobra ni una coma. Lo confieso, me he hecho fan de Calvino en unas pocas novelas.
En este caso me quedo con una frase que se me vino a la cabeza, justo cuando la novela terminaba. Y es que, sin pizca de intención de catequizar, Calvino no...more
La narración es perfecta, la prosa brillante y afilada, no le sobra ni una coma. Lo confieso, me he hecho fan de Calvino en unas pocas novelas.
En este caso me quedo con una frase que se me vino a la cabeza, justo cuando la novela terminaba. Y es que, sin pizca de intención de catequizar, Calvino no...more
Apr 05, 2012
Nate Henderson
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The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino is about an Italian boy named Cosmo who becomes fed up with his strict parents and boring home life so he decides to take his life into his own hands. Cosmo lives with his mother, father, older sister, and younger brother in a high class estate. Cosmos father Armino is a respected noble and Cosmo being his oldest son is expected to be mature enough to one day take over the family. One night at dinner when Cosmo’s older sister Battista cooked the family sn...more
I was not introduced to Italo Calvino's The Baron In The Trees until nearly thirty years had passed since it was written. I read this book in the context of the first decade of the Twenty-first Century and I may have missed some of its true import. This book needs to be read in the same context as Allen Ginsberg's Howl in that it is an early precursor to the youth rebellion of the 1960s. I can also be read, and should be read in the context of the 2010s in light of the Arab Spring and Occupy con...more
The twelve year-old heir to the Baron of Ombrosa climbs up a tree to escape an unappetizing family dinner, sometime in the late 1700s. Fifty years (and 200 pages) later, he dies in the treetops, having never again set foot on the ground. Climbing between branches, he travels, has adventures, conducts love affairs, and meets great men of his age. There are dozens of hardships brought on by his self-imposed lifestyle, and interesting methods of meeting these challenges.
This isn't my favorite of Ca...more
This isn't my favorite of Ca...more
Gaber diceva che la libertà non è star sopra un albero, non è neanche il volo di un moscone, non è uno spazio libero, la libertà è partecipazione.
Lo sostengo pienamente.
Ma è anche vero che neanche Cosimo sapeva a che ideale stava dietro nel suo perseguire un proposito che più si va avanti con la storia, più diventa insensato.
Come si fa a dare un senso alle sue intenzioni, alla sua imposizione su un'intera vita, se neanche lui sapeva bene il perché della sua decisione così irremovibile?
Ma è anche...more
Lo sostengo pienamente.
Ma è anche vero che neanche Cosimo sapeva a che ideale stava dietro nel suo perseguire un proposito che più si va avanti con la storia, più diventa insensato.
Come si fa a dare un senso alle sue intenzioni, alla sua imposizione su un'intera vita, se neanche lui sapeva bene il perché della sua decisione così irremovibile?
Ma è anche...more
When you read multiple works by an author, you start to identify characteristics and themes that unify the oeuvre and allow for adjectives like "Kafkaesque" and "Joycean." The Baron in the Trees is the fourth novel I've read by Italo Calvino, who I consider one of my favorite authors. My experience with Calvino has been somewhat odd, however, because the order in which I've read these four books is almost exactly the opposite order in which he wrote them. I have no doubt that an elderly Calvino...more
Because I have shed more tears for Prince Andrei Bolkonsky than almost anyone else. And his appearance in this book was more miraculist and fabulist than the whole book combined!
Because the sun is now out for both my morning and evening train rides and there are new shadows everyday.
Because I read this book entirely on the trains.
Some days I didnt read it at all because it wasnt terribly great at first
Because Some days I read so much I took the train 50 stops too far and got home when it was...more
Because the sun is now out for both my morning and evening train rides and there are new shadows everyday.
Because I read this book entirely on the trains.
Some days I didnt read it at all because it wasnt terribly great at first
Because Some days I read so much I took the train 50 stops too far and got home when it was...more
Questa volta mi permetto addirittura di citare Socrate. “Io so di non sapere”. Per quanti libri io legga o abbia letto..resto sempre un passo indietro. E davanti a Italo Calvino questa constatazione diventa quanto mai vera. È la prima opera che leggo di questo autore.
Ci sono libri che abbattono le barriere del tempo, che non invecchiano mai e hanno sempre qualcosa di prezioso da dirci e trasmetterci. Ed è questo il caso.
Il barone rampante vede la luce nel 1957 e fa parte di una trilogia, intitol...more
Ci sono libri che abbattono le barriere del tempo, che non invecchiano mai e hanno sempre qualcosa di prezioso da dirci e trasmetterci. Ed è questo il caso.
Il barone rampante vede la luce nel 1957 e fa parte di una trilogia, intitol...more
I read this book in high school. I know this, because I have very clear memories of the book mouldering in the back of my AMC Hornet hatchback.
I don't remember anything from that reading, other than that I liked it. It's been on my "to read" list for awhile, but getting ahold of a copy was a bit of a challenge (even used copies are more than 10 bucks!). Finally bit the bullet and laid down the cash, though - and yes, I liked it.
Despite what I've read many say, it's not magical realism. And, co...more
I don't remember anything from that reading, other than that I liked it. It's been on my "to read" list for awhile, but getting ahold of a copy was a bit of a challenge (even used copies are more than 10 bucks!). Finally bit the bullet and laid down the cash, though - and yes, I liked it.
Despite what I've read many say, it's not magical realism. And, co...more
I look forward to reading much more Italo Calvino. This was a great book. Calvino expertly executes a humorous premise into a fun and emotional tale of a great character with an incomparable will.
This is the story of the Cosimo, the baron of Ombrosa, who at age 12 decides he is fed up with the demands of his family and normal life and climbs a tree, never to come down. The story is told by his brother, which I think was a great point of view for this story. Cosimo is a smart and resourceful boy...more
This is the story of the Cosimo, the baron of Ombrosa, who at age 12 decides he is fed up with the demands of his family and normal life and climbs a tree, never to come down. The story is told by his brother, which I think was a great point of view for this story. Cosimo is a smart and resourceful boy...more
TITOLO: Il barone rampante
LUOGO E DATA DI PUBBLICAZIONE: Milano 1957
AUTORE: Italo Calvino
SINTESI IN TRE RIGHE: Cosimo è un ragazzo che per via di un patto deve iniziare a vivere sugli alberi. Il gioco però continua fina alla fine della sua vita.
SINTESI DELLA TRAMA: Questo libro parla di un ragazzo, di nome Cosimo, che un giorno per via di un litigio col padre decide di rifugiarsi sopra un albero. Lo stesso giorno stringe un patto con la figlia dei vicini, che si chiama Viola. Il patto consiste i...more
LUOGO E DATA DI PUBBLICAZIONE: Milano 1957
AUTORE: Italo Calvino
SINTESI IN TRE RIGHE: Cosimo è un ragazzo che per via di un patto deve iniziare a vivere sugli alberi. Il gioco però continua fina alla fine della sua vita.
SINTESI DELLA TRAMA: Questo libro parla di un ragazzo, di nome Cosimo, che un giorno per via di un litigio col padre decide di rifugiarsi sopra un albero. Lo stesso giorno stringe un patto con la figlia dei vicini, che si chiama Viola. Il patto consiste i...more
"Chàng nam tước trẻ tuổi Cosimo phản kháng món ốc sên trên bàn ăn nhà mình, phản kháng sự ép buộc của cha mẹ, và thoắt một cái Cosimo đã trèo lên cây. Chuyện trò chơi con trẻ ấy sẽ không có gì đáng nói nếu Cosimo không ở trên cây suốt cuộc đời...."
Lời giới thiệu hứa hẹn một câu chuyện kì cục. Khi đọc dòng giới thiệu này, với trí tưởng tượng nghèo nàn mình đã tự hỏi một cuộc sống trên cây thì liệu sẽ có gì có thể xảy ra để viết được kín một quyển sách dài hơn 300 trang? Nhưng rõ ràng mình đã lầm....more
Lời giới thiệu hứa hẹn một câu chuyện kì cục. Khi đọc dòng giới thiệu này, với trí tưởng tượng nghèo nàn mình đã tự hỏi một cuộc sống trên cây thì liệu sẽ có gì có thể xảy ra để viết được kín một quyển sách dài hơn 300 trang? Nhưng rõ ràng mình đã lầm....more
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Italo Calvino was born in Cuba and grew up in Italy. He was a journalist and writer of short stories and novels. His best known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy (1952-1959), the Cosmicomics collection of short stories (1965), and the novels Invisible Cities (1972) and If On a Winter's Night a Traveler (1979).
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“So began their love, the boy happy and amazed, she happy and not surprised at all (nothing happens by chance to girls). It was the love so long awaited by Cosimo and which had now inexplicably arrived, and so lovely that he could not imagine how he had even thought it lovely before. And the thing newest to him was that it was so simple, and the boy at that moment thought it must be like that always.”
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“Si conobbero. Lui conobbe lei e se stesso, perché in verità non s'era mai saputo. E lei conobbe lui e se stessa, perché pur essendosi saputa sempre, mai s'era potuta riconoscere così.”
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