The Cloven Viscount
By Italo Calvino
Read by Edoardo Ballerini
The Our Ancestors Series: Book 1
Unabridged
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1 Format: Retail CD
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$29.99
ISBN: 9781664462830
| Runtime: | 2.57 Hours |
| Category: | Fiction |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
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.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
Author
Author Bio: Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino (1923-1985) attained worldwide renown as one of the twentieth century’s greatest storytellers. He was awarded the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1982. He was born in Cuba and grew up in San Remo, Italy. He began his writing career as an essayist and a journalist but is best known for his fiction, including Invisible Cities, If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler, Marcovaldo, and Mr. Palomar, among others.
Details
Details
| Available Formats : | Retail CD |
| Category: | Fiction |
| Runtime: | 2.57 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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