The Castle Of Crossed Destinies

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A group of travellers chance to meet, first in a castle, then a tavern. Their powers of speech are magically taken from them and instead they have only tarot cards with which to tell their stories. What follows is an exquisite interlinking of narratives, and a fantastic, surreal and chaotic history of all human consciousness.

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Italo Calvino was born in Cuba and grew up in Italy. During the war he was a member of the Italian Resistance and joined the Communist Party, although he later left in 1957. One of the most respected writers of our time, his best-known works of fiction include<i>Invisible</i><i>Cities</i>,<i>If on a winter's night a traveller</i>,<i>Marcovaldo</i>and<i>Mr Palomar</i>. In 1981 he was awarded the prestigious French Légion d'Honneur. He died in Siena in 1985.

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