Our ancestors (Paperback)
Calvino, Italo (Author)
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In this classic triptych of moral tales, Viscount Medardo is bisected by a Turkish cannonball on the plains of Bohemia, Baron Cosimo, at the age of 12, retires to the trees for the rest of his days, and Charlemagne's knight is an empty suit of armour.
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Calvino's refusal to be glum set him apart from other modernists. His marvellous Fifties trilogy, Our Ancestors, brought us allegorical fables about a cloven viscount, a non-existent knight and a baron who swings from the treesGuardianCalvino's genius lies not so much in this tantalising conceit, but the brillia...
ISBN (SKU)
9780099430865
Pages
382
Weight
280g
Dimensions
198x130x24
Imprint
Vintage Classics
Published
20, February, 1992
Genres
Fiction
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