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The Castle of Crossed Destinies - Italo Calvino
The Castle of Crossed Destinies
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780099268055 (0099268051)
Publisher: Vintage Classics
Pages no: 144
Edition language: English
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Batgrl: Bookish Hooha
Batgrl: Bookish Hooha rated it
4.0
I bumped into this book via wikipedia. I was (actually still am, as I write this) reading Orlando Furioso, and on the wikipedia page under Later Literature, read this:The Italian novelist Italo Calvino drew on Ariosto for several of his works of fiction including Il cavaliere inesistente ("The None...
KuntuZangmo
KuntuZangmo rated it
1.0 Az egymást keresztező sorsok kastélya
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Books&Sweets
Books&Sweets rated it
2.0 Il castello dei destini incrociati
Interessante l'idea dei tarocchi e la tecnica narrativa, ma non sono riuscita ad appassionarmi a questo libro come già per altre opere dell'autore. Mi ha lasciata piuttosto indifferente.
Beth's List Love on Booklikes
Beth's List Love on Booklikes rated it
3.0
I loved the concept of the book and probably would have liked it better if I had read the classics it references more recently, but I found after reading the first half, I wasn't that eager to read the rest. Sad, but there you have it.
One Foot Out of the Door...
One Foot Out of the Door... rated it
3.0 The Castle of Crossed Destinies
I think that The Castle of Crossed Destinies is probably one of the most cleverly written books I've come across in a good while. Unfortunately, I also found it rather dull in many places as well. For me the book didn't really pick up until the second of the story, which was a pity as the novel is...
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