Our ancestors : three novels
Calvino, Italo, 1923-19851998
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In this classic triptych of moral tales, Viscount Medardo is bisected by a Turkish cannonball on the plains of Bohemia, Baron Cosimo, at the age of 12, retires to the trees for the rest of his days, and Charlemagne's knight is an empty suit of armour.
Main title:
Our ancestors : three novels / Italo Calvino ; translated from the Italian by Archibald Colquhoun ; with an introduction by the author.
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Imprint:
London : Vintage, 1998.
Collation:
x, 382 p. ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
This translation originally published: London: Secker & Warburg, 1980.
Contents:
Contents: The cloven viscount. Originally published: London : Collins, 1962 - Baron in the trees. Originally published : London: Collins, 1959 - The non-existent knight. Originally published: London: Collins, 1962.
ISBN:
9780099430865 (pbk)009943086X (pbk)
Dewey class:
853.9'14
Language:
EnglishItalian
BRN:
159081