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Name: Il barone rampante
Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)
Author: Italo Calvino

Il barone rampante follows young Cosimo di Rondò, a boy of the Ligurian countryside, who, to evade an imposed punishment, decides to climb a tree and stay aloft forever. In this aerial world he builds a realm where people of culture and politics—including Napoleon—visit him, marveling at his audacity. Alongside his upward adventure, Cosimo experiences a turbulent romance with the lively Viola. The novel concludes as he, aged and ill, grips the rope of a hot‑air balloon and disappears into the sky, never touching the earth again.

First publish date: 1959

Genre: Historical Fiction/19th Century Historical Fiction

Authors: Italo Calvino

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