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The Castle of Crossed Destinies
The Castle of Crossed Destinies
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September 10, 2016
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POSTMODERNISM ITALIAN STYLE
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We return to the postmodern with Italo Calvino, this time in fairy-tale/Chaucerian vein, with flavorings …more

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* Calvino: The Castle of Crossed Destinies: Thread 1. The Tale of the Ingrate and His Punishment
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Michael Finocchiaro
Sep 17, 2016 rated it really liked it
Shelves: italian-20th-c, fiction, novels
I am a huge Calvino fan. His stories are full of mathematical marvels and ingenious ideas. The Castle of Crossed Destinies has both of these characteristics and is a short but marvelous read.
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