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Our ancestors : three novels, The cloven viscount, Baron in the trees, The non-existent knight / Italo Calvino ; translated from the Italian by Archibald Colquhoun ; with an introduction by the author.

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ISBN	0749399376 (pbk.) :
Name	Calvino, Italo
Title	Our ancestors : three novels, The cloven viscount, Baron in the trees, The non-existent knight / Italo Calvino ; translated from the Italian by Archibald Colquhoun ; with an introduction by the author.
Published	London : Minerva, 1992
Description	x, 382 p. ; 20cm.
Notes	Originally published: London : Secker & Warburg, 1980.
Summary	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.
Other Names	Calvino, Italo. Visconte dimezzato. English
	Calvino, Italo. Barone rampante. English
	Calvino, Italo. Cavaliere inesistente. English
Links to Related Works	There are no related Subjects for this title: Authors: Calvino, Italo . Calvino, Italo. Barone rampante. English . Calvino, Italo. Cavaliere inesistente. English . Calvino, Italo. Visconte dimezzato. English .