The Cloven Viscount
Italo Calvino
(Author)
Description
In this fantastically macabre tale, the separate halves of a nobleman split in two by a cannonball go on to pursue their own independent adventures In a battle against the Turks, Viscount Medardo of Terralba is bisected lengthwise by a cannonball. One half of him returns to his feudal estate and takes up a lavishly evil life. Soon the other, virtuous half appears. When the two halves become rivals for the love of the same woman, there's no telling the lengths each will go to win.Now available in an independent volume for the first time, this deliciously bizarre novella is Calvino at his most devious and winning.Product Details
Price
$13.99
$13.01
Publisher
Mariner Books Classics
Publish Date
August 15, 2017
Pages
128
Dimensions
5.2 X 7.8 X 0.4 inches | 0.25 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780544960060
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About the Author
ITALO CALVINO's superb storytelling gifts earned him international renown and a reputation as "one of the world's best fabulists" (New York Times Book Review). At the time of his death, in 1985, he was the most-translated contemporary Italian writer.
