The Nonexistent Knight - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Mariner Books ClassicsISBN-13:9780544959101ISBN-10:544959108UPC:9780544959101Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Fantasy, AbsurdistBook Topic:HistoricalSize:7.80 x 5.20 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.25Product ID:SCWJMEY735
An empty suit of armor is the hero in this witty novella, a picaresque gem--now available in an independent volume for the first time--that brilliantly parodies medieval knighthood.
Set in the time of Charlemagne and narrated by a nun with her own secrets to keep, The Nonexistent Knight tells the story of Agilulf, a gleaming white suit of armor with nothing inside it. A challenge to his honor sends Agilulf on a search through France, England, and North Africa to confirm the chastity of a virgin he saved from rape years earlier. In the end, after many surprising turns of plot, a closing confession draws this sparkling novella to a perfect finish.Languages:EnglishPublisher:Mariner Books ClassicsISBN-13:9780544959101ISBN-10:544959108UPC:9780544959101Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Fantasy, AbsurdistBook Topic:HistoricalSize:7.80 x 5.20 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.25Product ID:SCWJMEY735
ITALO CALVINO's superb storytelling gifts earned him international renown and a reputation as "one of the world's best fabulists" (New York Times Book Review). At the time of his death, in 1985, he was the most-translated contemporary Italian writer.
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