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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 bissected lengthwise by a cannonball. One half of him returns to his feudal estate...
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Mariner Books,
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| Publisher Address: | Boston : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
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English Italian |
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| 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 bissected 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"-- |
| Carrier Form: | 115 pages ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780544960060 (paperback) : 0544960068 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | PQ4809 |
| CLC: | I546.45 |
| Call Number: | I546.45/C168-17 |