Calvino focuses a probing eye on Mr Palomar's attempt to name the parts of his universe, almost as though to define his own existence. Stars and planets, birds,... » 

Calvino focuses a probing eye on Mr Palomar's attempt to name the parts of his universe, almost as though to define his own existence. Stars and planets, birds, a loaded food counter, all take on an extra reality, as though observed for the first time in wonder by a man previously blind. «