by Italo Calvino · Seuil · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782020066853
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«Le chevalier inexistant» is the novel by Italo Calvino published by Seuil in the Points collection, in paperback (153 pages, in French).
Sister Theodora narrates the exploits of Agilulf, a knight who exists only as a white suit of armor animated by his will. During a campaign of Charlemagne, Agilulf sets off in search of Sophronia with his squire Gurdulú, while Bradamante pursues him. The work combines adventure and irony to explore identity and the meaning of existence.
Original title: «Il cavaliere inesistente» (1959). Third part of the trilogy «I nostri antenati». Includes the preface by Roland Barthes «La mécanique du charme» and translation by Maurice Javion.
For readers of classics and fantasy fiction who enjoy adventure stories with a philosophical undertone.
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).
