The Castle of Crossed Destinies

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A magical, mystical novella about the art and power of storytelling, this is Italo Calvino’s miniature masterpiece. A group of travellers chance to meet, first in a castle, then in a tavern. Their powers of speech have been magically taken from them. Instead, they have only tarot cards with which to tell their tales. What follows is an exquisite interlinking of narratives, and a fantastic, surreal and chaotic history of all human consciousness.

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A magical, mystical novella about the art and power of storytelling, this is Italo Calvino’s miniature masterpiece.

A group of travellers chance to meet, first in a castle, then in a tavern. Having mysteriously lost their powers of speech, they must tell their tales using only a deck of tarot cards. As their stories interlink and overlap, a fantastic, surreal and chaotic history of the human quest for meaning unfolds.

BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days

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Weight 122 g
Dimensions 19.7 × 13 × 1.1 cm
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Cover

Paperback
Pages

144
Language

English
Edition

Reprint
Dewey

853.914 (edition:23)
Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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