Little Misunderstandings of No ImportanceThe collection of short stories that launched one of the key figures of twentieth century Italian literature to fame. A short story collection pivoting on life's ambiguities and the central question they pose in Tabucchi's fiction is it choice, fate, accident, or even, occasionally, a kind of magic that plays a decisive role in the protagonists' lives? Set in Paris, Lisbon, Madras and New York and blended with the author's wonderfully intelligent