The Cloven Viscount
Translated by Archibald Colquhoun
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The Cloven Viscount
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Narrated by:
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Edoardo Ballerini
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Written by:
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Italo Calvino
About this listen
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.
©1951 Giulio Einaudi Editiore, S.p.A.; Translation: 1962 William Collns Sons & Company Limited and Random House Inc. (P)2017 Recorded BooksWhat listeners say about The Cloven Viscount
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 2018-05-11
awesome
such a good story! italo calvino is superb. short story but enthralling. would recommend to all.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Mohammed
- 2019-10-22
Good writer, okay story
Amazing way of storytelling but the story wasn't for my kind of taste. The narrator is amazing as well.
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