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The Cloven Viscount

by Italo Calvino
Edoardo Ballerini
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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 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.
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Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc. Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781501963162
  • File size: 74096 KB
  • Release date: February 1, 2018
  • Duration: 02:34:21

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  • ISBN: 9781501963162
  • File size: 74104 KB
  • Release date: February 1, 2018
  • Duration: 02:35:21
  • Number of parts: 3

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Classic Literature Fiction

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English

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.
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Classic Literature Fiction
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