The Castle of Crossed Destinies

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext A group of travellers chance to meet, first in a castle, then a tavern. Their powers of speech are magically taken from them and instead they have only tarot cards with which to tell their stories. What follows is an exquisite interlinking of narratives, and a fantastic, surreal and chaotic history of all human consciousness. Zusammenfassung A group of travellers chance to meet! first in a castle! then a tavern. Their powers of speech are magically taken from them and instead they have only tarot cards with which to tell their stories. What follows is an exquisite interlinking of narratives! and a fantastic! surreal and chaotic history of all human consciousness.

Product details

• Authors: Italo Calvino
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.10.1997
• EAN: 9780099268055
• ISBN: 978-0-09-926805-5
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 9 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; VINTAGE CLASSICS
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / General, Modern and contemporary fiction, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945), faust; myth; oedipus