The Edge of the Horizon

Marc Notes: Translated from the Italian.; Late one night, the body of a young man is delivered to the morgue of an Italian town. The next day's newspapers report that he was killed in a police raid, and that went by the obviously false name 'Carlo Nobodi.' Spino, the morgue attendant on duty at the time, becomes obsessed with tracing the identity of the corpse. Publisher Marketing: Late on night, the body of a young man is delivered to the morgue of an Italian town. The next day's newspapers report that he was killed in a police raid, and that went by the obviously false name "Carlo Nobodi." Spino, the morgue attendant on duty at the time, becomes obsessed with tracing the identity of the corpse. "Why do you want to know about him?" asks a local priest. "Because he is dead and I'm alive," replies Spino. In this spare yet densely packed cautionary tale, Tabucchi reminds us that it is impossible to reach the edge of the horizon since it always recedes before us, but suggests that some people "carry the horizon with them in their eyes." Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 03/02/1990 (EAN 9780811211123, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Tabucchi, Antonio Antonio Tabucchi is the winner of the Premio Campiello for Pereira Declares, and winner of the Prix Medicis Etranger for Indian Nocturne. His other books include Requiem, It's Getting Later all the Time, and Little Misunderstandings of No Importance. Contributor Bio:  Parks, Tim Italo Calvino's superb storytelling gifts earned him international renown and a reputation as "one of the world's best fabulists" (New York Times Book Review). He is the author of numerous works of fiction, as well as essays, criticism, and literary anthologies. Born in Cuba in 1923, Calvino was raised in Italy, where he lived most of his life. At the time of his death, in Siena in 1985, he was the most-translated contemporary Italian writer.