The Castle of Crossed Destinies
$19.90
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
20 October 2026
Summary
Experience a BRIEF ENCOUNTER like no other, with Italo Calvino, the master of post-war experimental fiction, and his mind-bendingly brilliant novella about a travelling band of Tarot readers.
A magical, mystical novella about the art and power of storytelling, this is Italo Calvino’s miniature masterpiece.
A group of travellers chance to meet, first in a castle, then in a tavern. Having mysteriously lost their powers of speech, they must tell their tales using only a deck of t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529980837 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529980836 |
| Author: | Italo Calvino, William Weaver |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 20 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 122g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 11mm |
| Series: | Brief Encounters |
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About The Author
Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino (1923-1985) is regarded as one of the most influential and imaginative writers of the post-war twentieth century. Best-known for his genre-bending, experimental fictions Invisible Cities and If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller, Calvino forged a style that was predicated on the playful and surreal aspects of the literary imagination.
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