The Cloven Viscount
Author(s): Italo Calvino
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. The two halves become rivals for the love of the same woman, fight a bloody duel, and achieve a miraculous resolution. Now available in an independent volume for the first time, this deliciously bizarre novella is Calvino at his most devious and winning.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- : Harcourt Children's Books
- : 0.454
- : 31 July 2017
- : .346 Inches X 5.312 Inches X 8 Inches
- : books
Special Fields
- : Italo Calvino
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 128