by Italo Calvino · Siruela · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788478444205
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The Cloven Viscount is a novel by the Italian writer Italo Calvino, published in 1952. The story narrates the adventures of Viscount Medardo de Terralba, who is split in two by a cannon shot during a war against the Turks. From this event, the two halves of the viscount, one evil and one kind, begin to live separately, generating comical and reflective situations about the human condition.
Italo Calvino was an Italian novelist and short story writer. His best-known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy (1952–1959), the Cosmicomics collection of short stories (1965), and the novels Invisible Cities (1972) and If on a winter's night a traveler (1979).
