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 | The Watcher and Other Stories (1st Edition) by Italo Calvino, William Weaver (Transl.). Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1975 ISBN-10: 0-15-694952-0 / 0156949520 ISBN-13: 978-0-15-694952-1 / 9780156949521 In "The Watcher, " a member of the Communist Party is assigned to a polling place in Turin's Hospital for Incurables, where he observes the rejects of humanity and a grotesque parody of the democratic process. "Smog" anticipates a preoccupation with pollution so lunatic that it casts a pall even ove | |