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Author(s): Italo Calvino

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Viscount Medardo is bisected by a Turkish cannonball on the plains of Bohemia; Baron Cosimo, at the age of twelve, retires to the trees for the rest of his days; Charlemagne's knight, Agiluf, is an empty suit of armour. These three vivid images are the points of departure for Calvino's classic triptych of moral tales, now published in one volume and all displaying the exuberant talent of a master storyteller.

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'The most magically ingenious of the contemporary Italian novelists' The Times 20020218

Italo Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923. He grew up in Italy. He was an essayist and journalist and a member of the editorial staff of Einaudi in Turin. In 1973 he won the prestigious Premio Feltrinelli. He died in 1985

General Fields

  • : 9780099430865
  • : Random House UK
  • : VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET
  • : 0.28
  • : July 2002
  • : 197mm X 129mm X 23mm
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Italo Calvino
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 853.914
  • : 400
  • : FA