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The Cloven Viscount
Taschenbuch von Italo Calvino
Sprache: Englisch

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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 [...] available in an independent volume for the first time, this deliciously bizarre novella is Calvino at his most devious and winning.
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 [...] available in an independent volume for the first time, this deliciously bizarre novella is Calvino at his most devious and winning.
Über den Autor
ITALO CALVINO (1923–1985) attained worldwide renown as one of the twentieth century’s greatest storytellers. Born in Cuba, he was raised in San Remo, Italy, and later lived in Turin, Paris, Rome, and elsewhere. Among his many works are Invisible Cities, If on a winters night a traveler, The Baron in the Trees, and other novels, as well as numerous collections of fiction, folktales, criticism, and essays. His works have been translated into dozens of languages.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780544960060
ISBN-10: 0544960068
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Calvino, Italo
Hersteller: Houghton Mifflin
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 203 x 133 x 8 mm
Von/Mit: Italo Calvino
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.08.2017
Gewicht: 0,171 kg
Artikel-ID: 121093743
Über den Autor
ITALO CALVINO (1923–1985) attained worldwide renown as one of the twentieth century’s greatest storytellers. Born in Cuba, he was raised in San Remo, Italy, and later lived in Turin, Paris, Rome, and elsewhere. Among his many works are Invisible Cities, If on a winters night a traveler, The Baron in the Trees, and other novels, as well as numerous collections of fiction, folktales, criticism, and essays. His works have been translated into dozens of languages.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780544960060
ISBN-10: 0544960068
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Calvino, Italo
Hersteller: Houghton Mifflin
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 203 x 133 x 8 mm
Von/Mit: Italo Calvino
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.08.2017
Gewicht: 0,171 kg
Artikel-ID: 121093743
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