Gore Vidal
'...fantastic webs of prose to which all things adhere'
New Yorker
'...a shamelessly original work of art…beautiful in the sense that it is the careful statement of an artist we have learned to trust'
Book Description
'A shamelessly original work of art' New York Times
Product Description
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.
From the Back Cover
'Incredibly complex and subtle...a shamelessly original work of art' New Yorker
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.
See also: Invisible Cities
About the Author
Italo Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923. He grew up in Italy. He was an essayist and journalist and a member of the editorial staff of Einaudi in Turin. In 1973 he won the prestigious Premio Feltrinelli. He died in 1985 (20020218)
