Hear “The Daughters of the Moon” by Italo Calvino, Read by Novelist Robert Coover

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Below, you can hear “The Daugh­ters of the Moon,” a sto­ry by Ita­lo Calvi­no, read by nov­el­ist Robert Coover. You can read the accom­pa­ny­ing text over at The New York­er. This sto­ry will be added to our col­lec­tion, 1,000 Free Audio Books: Down­load Great Books for Free.

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