a collection of stories about time space and the evolution of the universe in which the author blends mathematics with poetic imagination calvino does what very few other writers can do he describes imaginary worlds with the most extraordinary precision and beauty gore vidal new york review of books translated by william weaver a helen and kurt wolff book a look at our cultural preferences today of showing as much skin as possible transposed against the choice to be modest and the values of the choice in spite of mika tamons meddling exgirlfriend ami is still committed to winning tamons heart but when mikas cousin kai shows an interest in ami it complicates her relationship with tamon has ami found a new love interest or will tamon finally follow his heart and fight for what he wants