The split continent and the parable of the cloven viscount
The Cloven Viscount (Il Visconte Dimezzato; Turin, 1952) is a novella by the great Italian writer Italo Calvino (1923-1985) about a man who goes to war in Central Europe and, as soon as he enters into his first battle, is split in half by a cannonball hitting him right in the chest. After the battle, […]
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