# Mr Palomar

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- Book: [Mr Palomar](https://www.bookquiver.com/italo-calvino/mr-palomar) ([Mr Palomar.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/italo-calvino/mr-palomar.md))
- Authors: [Italo Calvino](https://www.bookquiver.com/italo-calvino)
- Publisher: vintage_classics
- ISBN: 978-00-9943-087-2
- Pages: 128
- Published: 2023-09-07
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Mr Palomar is a delightful eccentric whose chief activity is looking at things. He is seeking knowledge; 'it is only after you have come to know the surface of things that you can venture to seek what is underneath'. Whether contemplating a fine cheese, a hungry gecko, a woman sunbathing topless or a flight of migrant starlings, Mr Palomar's observations render the world afresh. 'Beautifully nimble, solitary feats of imagination' Seamus Heaney 'Beguiling' Time