Book · 2019
The Baron in the Trees
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I'll add one more to the list for people who are looking for something very strange and it's also very short, but I think it's The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino, which is about basically a young boy who gets in a fight with his father, comes from this esteemed family, escapes into the tree in his yard.
Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · May 2023 Listen at 1:04:11 The best things said about it
But I had never read his short novel The Baron in the trees which was one of the ones on this new releas table it's not a new release it was published like 60 years ago.
Why people recommend it
The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino is a whimsical, philosophical fable about an Italian nobleman in the eighteenth century who climbs into the trees during a family dispute and vows never to touch the ground again. On The Tim Ferriss Show, Tim Ferriss recommended the book as a wonderfully strange and short read that follows the protagonist's unconventional life aloft. Greg Cowles also discussed discovering the classic novel on a release table on The Book Review, marveling at its enduring charm decades after publication, while Ferriss noted in a separate episode that the sparse cast of characters makes the book uniquely easy to pause and resume. Critics praise the novel's imaginative premise, gentle satire, and exploration of personal freedom and intellectual independence. The book remains a beloved entry in the author's catalog, celebrated for its lightness and philosophical depth. Through these podcast discussions, the novel is continually recommended as an inventive escape for readers seeking imaginative fiction.
Every mention
Tim Ferriss I'll add one more to the list for people who are looking for something very strange and it's also very shor… 2
“I'll add one more to the list for people who are looking for something very strange and it's also very short, but I think it's The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino, which is about basically a young boy who gets in a fight with his father, comes from this esteemed family, escapes into the tree in his yard,”
“if you read the Baron and the trees by Italo Calvino which is an incredible book the Baron and the trees there are only a handful of characters so you can stop reading the book for a week pick it back up and you're fine”
Greg Cowles but I had never read his short novel The Baron in the trees which was one of the ones on this new releas ta… 1
“but I had never read his short novel The Baron in the trees which was one of the ones on this new releas table it's not a new release it was published like 60 years ago”
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“um I'm reading a non fiction book but um following up on the Italo calino bearing in the trees and then Lily King's Euphoria”