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Deze trilogie duikt in de absurditeit en reflecties op identiteit via fantastische verhalen. Elke roman bevat een uniek personage wiens eigenaardige situatie de menselijke natuur en maatschappelijke normen onderzoekt. De serie wordt geprezen om zijn speelse ironie, filosofische diepgang en tijdloze aantrekkingskracht.

Our Ancestors
Der Ritter, den es nicht gab
Invisible Cities
The Cloven Viscount

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  1. The Cloven Viscount

    • 128bladzijden
    • 5 uur lezen

    The story follows Viscount Medardo of Terralba, who is bisected by a cannonball during a battle against the Turks. His two halves embark on contrasting paths: one indulges in a life of decadence and evil, while the other embodies virtue. As both halves vie for the affection of the same woman, their rivalry leads to increasingly outrageous antics. This novella showcases Calvino's unique blend of humor and fantasy, presenting a captivating exploration of identity and morality in a whimsically macabre setting.

    The Cloven Viscount1
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  2. Invisible Cities

    • 165bladzijden
    • 6 uur lezen

    "Kublai Khan does not necessarily believe everything Marco Polo says when he describes the cities visited on his expeditions, but the emperor of the Tartars does continue listening to the young Venetian with greater attention and curiosity than he shows any other messenger or explorer of his." So begins Italo Calvino's compilation of fragmentary urban images. As Marco tells the khan about Armilla, which "has nothing that makes it seem a city, except the water pipes that rise vertically where the houses should be and spread out horizontally where the floors should be," the spider-web city of Octavia, and other marvelous burgs, it may be that he is creating them all out of his imagination, or perhaps he is recreating fine details of his native Venice over and over again, or perhaps he is simply recounting some of the myriad possible forms a city might take.

    Invisible Cities2
    4,2

  3. Der Ritter, den es nicht gab

    Innen hohl, besteht Ritter Agilulf nur aus Rüstung, Kampfgeist und Pflichtgefühl: Das Musterbild eines ordentlichen Soldaten. Doch ausgerechnet diesen ergebensten Kämpfer Karls des Großen trifft der Verdacht, zu Unrecht zum Ritter geschlagen worden zu sein.

    Der Ritter, den es nicht gab3
    3,9

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    Viscount Medardo is bisected by a Turkish cannonball on the plains of Bohemia; Baron Cosimo, at the age of twelve, retires to the trees for the rest of his days; Charlemagne's knight, Agiluf, is an empty suit of armour. These three vivid images are the points of departure for Calvino's classic triptych of moral tales, now published in one volume and all displaying the exuberant talent of a master storyteller.

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