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Beschreibung

Viscount Medardo is bisected by a Turkish cannonball, Baron Cosimo retires to the trees for the rest of his days, and Agiluf the Knight is an empty suit of armour.

Our Ancestors brings together three surreal novellas set in distinct historical worlds across medieval and early modern Europe. In The Cloven Viscount, a nobleman returns from war as two separate beings, one cruel and one impossibly virtuous, leaving his community to suffer the consequences.

In The Baron in the Trees, a young aristocrat climbs into the branches of the Italian Riviera and refuses to touch the ground again, living out his life among the leaves while history moves below him.

In The Nonexistent Knight, a suit of armour fights in the army of Charlemagne, sustained only by will and duty.

Our Ancestors blends satire with fable, exploring how power, war and social expectation shape the self.

'The most magically ingenious of the contemporary Italian novelists' The Times

Viscount Medardo is bisected by a Turkish cannonball, Baron Cosimo retires to the trees for the rest of his days, and Agiluf the Knight is an empty suit of armour.

Our Ancestors brings together three surreal novellas set in distinct historical worlds across medieval and early modern Europe. In The Cloven Viscount, a nobleman returns from war as two separate beings, one cruel and one impossibly virtuous, leaving his community to suffer the consequences.

In The Baron in the Trees, a young aristocrat climbs into the branches of the Italian Riviera and refuses to touch the ground again, living out his life among the leaves while history moves below him.

In The Nonexistent Knight, a suit of armour fights in the army of Charlemagne, sustained only by will and duty.

Our Ancestors blends satire with fable, exploring how power, war and social expectation shape the self.

'The most magically ingenious of the contemporary Italian novelists' The Times

Über den Autor
Italo Calvino
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1992
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780099430865
ISBN-10: 009943086X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Calvino, Italo
Übersetzung: Colquhoun, Archibald
Hersteller: Vintage Publishing
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 202 x 129 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Italo Calvino
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.02.1992
Gewicht: 0,301 kg
Artikel-ID: 104061360