Italo Calvino

The Nonexistent Knight -- Italo Calvino, Paperback

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An empty suit of armor is the hero in this witty novella, a picaresque gem--now available in an independent volume for the first time--that brilliantly parodies medieval knighthood.

Set in the time of Charlemagne and narrated by a nun with her own secrets to keep, The Nonexistent Knight tells the story of Agilulf, a gleaming white suit of armor with nothing inside it. A challenge to his honor sends Agilulf on a search through France, England, and North Africa to confirm the chastity of a virgin he saved from rape years earlier. In the end, after many surprising turns of plot, a closing confession draws this sparkling novella to a perfect finish.

Author: Italo Calvino
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 08/15/2017
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.20w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780544959101

About the Author
ITALO CALVINO's superb storytelling gifts earned him international renown and a reputation as "one of the world's best fabulists" (New York Times Book Review). At the time of his death, in 1985, he was the most-translated contemporary Italian writer.

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Absurdist, Fantasy, Fiction, Fiction - General, Historical, Italo Calvino, Knights and knighthood, Literary, Mariner Books Classics, Paperback

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