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The Castle of Crossed Destinies
By (author) Italo Calvino, Translated by William Weaver
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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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Publisher | Vintage Publishing
Published date | 2 Jul 2026
Language | English
Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 144
Dimensions | 197 x 130 x 11mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 122g
ISBN | 978-1-5299-8083-7
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BISAC | fiction / classics
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