The Cloven Viscount by Italo Calvino | Audiobook

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Listen to free audiobook with a 30 day free trial : https://esound.space/audible Title: The Cloven Viscount Author: Italo Calvino Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini Format: Unabridged Length: 2 hrs and 34 mins Language: English Release date: 12-05-17 Publisher: Recorded Books Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary Summary: 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. Contact: [email protected]

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