{"product_id":"under-the-jaguar-sun-by-italo-calvino","title":"'Under the Jaguar Sun' by Italo Calvino","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a41ee64-ba8c-83ec-af6f-c73473cd84da-0\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-6a41ee64-ba8c-83ec-af6f-c73473cd84da-0\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a41ee64-ba8c-83ec-af6f-c73473cd84da-0\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-228\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-conversation-screenshot-content=\"\" class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"d11c1fb6-a558-4b83-91cb-8daf5b2f0859\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"59\" data-end=\"629\"\u003ePublished posthumously, \u003cem data-start=\"83\" data-end=\"105\"\u003eUnder the Jaguar Sun\u003c\/em\u003e gathers three unfinished stories in which Italo Calvino turns his extraordinary imagination toward the senses themselves.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"59\" data-end=\"629\"\u003eTaste, hearing and smell become ways of thinking about the world rather than merely experiencing it. In \"Under the Jaguar Sun\", a journey through Mexico slowly becomes an inquiry into appetite, ritual and sacrifice; elsewhere Calvino explores music, language, monarchy and perception with the lightness and philosophical precision that made him one of the twentieth century's most distinctive writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"631\" data-end=\"1046\"\u003eAlthough slight in size, this is one of Calvino's strangest and most concentrated books. The stories sit somewhere between fable, essay and philosophical fiction, asking how desire shapes knowledge and how the body mediates reality. An ideal volume for readers who love Borges, Lispector or Barthes, it offers Calvino at his most playful and elusive: unfinished not in the sense of incomplete, but permanently open.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1073\" data-end=\"1284\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst American edition, first printing (1988, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich). Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. Light shelf wear and a few faint marks to the jacket, with clean, bright pages and a solid binding.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45791290949715,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-07-07T153007.393.png?v=1783402243","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/under-the-jaguar-sun-by-italo-calvino","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}