Difficult Loves Summary
Italo Calvino

Difficult Loves Summary

Giua Dei Fichiappears in Wartime Stories, Animal Woods

Giua Dei Fichi is a caricature of a comical Italian peasant, like a character out of an old fairy tale. Giua is a short, humble man with a round face and brightly colored, motley clothing, well-known as the worst shot in the village. Giua's only valuable possession is his cow, Cochineal, and when Giua sees a German soldier steal his cow, he sneaks along following them...

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