The Cloven Viscount

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.

• | Author: Italo Calvino
• | Publisher: Mariner Books
• | Publication Date: Aug 15, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 128 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 0544960068
• | ISBN-13: 9780544960060