by Italo Calvino · Mondadori · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788804370871
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The Cloven Viscount is a novel by Italian writer Italo Calvino, published in 1952. The story follows Medardo di Terralba, a viscount who is split in half by a cannonball during a battle. Each half develops a distinct personality: one is evil and the other is virtuous. Through an ingenious narrative and fantastic elements, Calvino explores themes of duality, identity, and human nature.
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).
