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The Art of the Publisher

The Forty-Nine Steps

Literature and the Gods

A Note About the Author

Roberto Calasso (1941–2021) was born in Florence and lived in Milan. Begun in 1983 with The Ruin of Kasch, his landmark series now comprises The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony, Ka, K., Tiepolo Pink, La Folie Baudelaire, Ardor, The Celestial Hunter, The Unnamable Present, and The Book of All Books. Calasso also wrote the novel The Impure Fool and eight books of essays, the first three of which have been published in English: The Art of the Publisher, The Forty-Nine Steps, Literature and the Gods, The Madness That Comes from the Nymphs, One Hundred Letters to an Unknown Reader, The Hieroglyphs of Sir Thomas Browne, The Rule of the Good Neighbor; or, How to Find an Order for Your Books, and American Allucinations. He was the publisher of Adelphi Edizioni. You can sign up for email updates here.

A Note About the Translator

Tim Parks has translated works by Machiavelli, Leopardi, Moravia, Pavese, and Calvino. He is also the author of many novels and works of nonfiction, most recently Out of My Head: On the Trail of Consciousness and The Hero’s Way: Walking with Garibaldi from Rome to Ravenna.

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Copyright

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Originally published in Italian in 2020 by Adelphi Edizioni, Italy, as La Tavoletta Dei Destini

English translation published in the United States by Farrar, Straus and Giroux

First American edition, 2022

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