The Castle of Crossed Destinies

About the author

Italo Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923 and grew up in Italy. He was an essayist and journalist and a member of the editorial staff of Einaudi in Turin. One of the most respected writers of the twentieth century, his best-known works of fiction include Invisible Cities, If on a Winter's Night a Traveller, Marcovaldo and Mr Palomar. In 1973 he won the prestigious Premio Feltrinelli. He died in 1985. A collection of Calvino's posthumous personal writings, The Hermit in Paris, was published in 2003.

Product details

• Authors: Italo Calvino
• Assisted by: William Weaver (Translation), Weaver William (Translation)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 02.07.2026
• EAN: 9781529980837
• ISBN: 978-1-5299-8083-7
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Brief Encounters
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Classic fiction: literary and general