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.
'The most magically ingenious of the contemporary Italian novelists' The Times
- ISBN10 009943086X
- ISBN13 9780099430865
- Publish Date 20 February 1992 (first published 29 September 1980)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 3 November 2023
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint Vintage Classics
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 400
- Language English