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The Castle of Crossed Destinies

by Italo Calvino · 1969

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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.

Genre
fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thismagical realismmagical realismMore like thisLess of thisoccultoccultMore like thisLess of this
Themes
spiritualityspiritualityMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1960s1960sMore like thisLess of thisItalyItalyMore like thisLess of thisEuropeEuropeMore like thisLess of thisEuropeanEuropeanMore like thisLess of this
Subject
philosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 144 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of thisnovellanovellaMore like thisLess of this

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