Our Ancestors
by Italo Calvino
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Author: Italo CalvinoEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Import
Published: 2009-02-24
ISBN: 009943086X
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Vintage Books
Summary of Our Ancestors
Viscount Medardo is bisected by a Turkish cannonball on the plains of Bohemia; Baron Cosimo, at the age of twelve, retires to the trees for the rest of his days; Charlemagne's knight, Agiluf, is an empty suit of armour. These three vivid images are the points of departure for Calvino's classic triptych of moral tales, now published in one volume and all displaying the exuberant talent of a master storyteller.Short Stories Books
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