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 \nITALO CALVINO  \n# The Distance of the Moon\n\nTranslated by Martin McLaughlin,Tim Parks and William Weaver  \nPENGUIN CLASSICS  \nUK|USA |Canada |Ireland |AustraliaIndia |New Zealand |South Africa  \nPenguin Books is part of the Penguin Random House groupof companies whose addresses can be found atglobal.penguinrandomhouse.com.  \nPenguin  \nRandom HouseUK  \nFirst published in PenguinClassics 2009This edition first published 2o18008  \nCopyright ◎The Estate of Italo Calvino,2002  \nTranslation of \"The Distance of the Moon'and \"Without Colours'  \ncopyright Harcourt,Brace and World,Inc.andJonathan Cape Ltd,I968Translation of 'Implosion'copyright ◎Tim Parks,I995Translation of As Long as the Sun Lasts'copyright CMartinMcLaughlin,2009All rights reserved  \nThe moral rights of the author and translator have been asserted  \nSet in II.2/13.75 pt Dante MT StdTypeset by Jouve(UK),Milton KeynesPrinted and bound in Great Britain by Clays Ltd,Elcograf S.p.A.  \nISBN:978-0-24I-33910-7  \nwwwgreenpenguin.couk  \n\n| MIX  \u003Cbr>Paper from  \u003Cbr>responsible source  \u003Cbr>FSC  \u003Cbr>FSCC018179  \u003Cbr>wwstoor   |\n| --- |\n\nPenguin Random House is committed to asustainable future for our business,our readersand ourplanet.This book is made from ForestScewardship Council cerihed paper.  \nContents  \nThe Distance of the Moon1Without Colours  \n23  \nAs Long as the Sun Lasts38Implosion  \n卯  \nf=10000  \n# The Distance of the Moon\n\nAt one time,according to Sir George H.Darwin,the Moon wasvery close to the Earth.Then the tides gradually pushed herfar away:the tides that the Moon herself causes in the Earth'swaters,where the Earth slowly loses energy.  \nHow wellI know!-old Qfvfq cried-the rest of you can’tremember,but I can.We had her on top of us all thetime,that enormous Moon:when she was full-nightsas bright as day,but with a butter-coloured light-itlooked as if she were going to crush us;when she wasnew,she rolled around the sky like a black umbrellablown by the wind;and when she was waxing,she cameforward with her horns solow she seemed about to stickinto the peak of a promontory and get caught there.Butthe whole business of the Moon's phases worked in adifferent way then:because the distances from the Sunwere different,and the orbits,and the angle of some-thing or other,I forget what;as for eclipses,with Earthand Moon stuck together the way they were,why,we  \nItalo Calvino  \nhad eclipses every minute:naturally,those two big mon-sters managed to put each other in the shade constantly,first one,then the other.  \nOrbit?Oh,elliptical,of course:for a while it wouldhuddle against us and then it would take flight for awhile.The tides,when the Moon swung closer,rose sohigh nobody could hold them back.There were nightswhen the Moon was full and very,very low,and the tidewas so high that the Moon missed a ducking in the seaby a hair's breadth;well,let's say a few yards anyway.Climb up on the Moon?Of course we did.All you hadto do was row out to it in a boat and,when you wereunderneath,prop a ladder against her and scramble up.  \nThe spot where the Moon was lowest,as she went by,was off the Zinc Cliffs.We used to go out with thoselittle rowing boats th","cbCaiguWdCrcJO1d","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiguWdCrcJO1d","pdf",2388471,68,"English","# Contents\n## Without Colours\n## As Long as the Sun Lasts\n## Implosion","[{\"question\":\"How does the text explain the Moon’s changing distance from Earth?\",\"answer\":\"It describes that, at one time, the Moon was very close to Earth, and then tides gradually pushed it farther away by causing Earth to lose energy in its waters.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the narrator say about lunar phases and eclipses?\",\"answer\":\"The narrator connects phases to different distances from the Sun and mentions orbits and angles, while describing eclipses as happening frequently because Earth and Moon are positioned so closely together.\"},{\"question\":\"What scenes does the narrator include near the Zinc Cliffs?\",\"answer\":\"The narrative recalls rowing boats out at night, the calm silvery water, violet-colored fish, and other sea creatures, then situates the lowest point of the Moon’s passage off the Zinc Cliffs.\"}]","The Distance of the Moon | PDF",1790595984]