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Summary

In this fantastically macabre tale, the separate halves of a nobleman split in two by a cannonball go on to pursue their own independent adventures.  
In a battle against the Turks, Viscount Medardo of Terralba is bissected lengthwise by a cannonball. One half of him returns to his feudal estate and takes up a lavishly evil life. Soon the other, virtuous half appears. The two halves become rivals for the love of the same woman, fight a bloody duel, and achieve a miraculous resolution.  
Now available in an independent volume for the first time, this deliciously bizarre novella is Calvino at his most devious and winning.

Duration: about 3 hours (02:34:21)
Publishing date: 2017-11-22; Unabridged; Copyright Year: 1951. Copyright Statment: —

• Classics
• Contemporary Fiction