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The Nonexistent Knight, by Italo Calvino
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"A mordantly witty satire on the affairs of modern man." — New York Times Book Review "Glittering with technical gambles risked and won, with audacious fusion of realism and the supernatural ... executed with brilliance and brio." — Chicago Tribune
Über den Autor und weitere Mitwirkende
ITALO CALVINO’s superb storytelling gifts earned him international renown and a reputation as “one of the world’s best fabulists” (New York Times Book Review). At the time of his death, in 1985, he was the most-translated contemporary Italian writer.
Produktinformation
Taschenbuch: 144 Seiten
Verlag: Mariner Books; Auflage: Translation (15. August 2017)
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 0544959108
ISBN-13: 978-0544959101
Größe und/oder Gewicht:
13,5 x 0,9 x 20,3 cm
Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung:
3.2 von 5 Sternen
4 Kundenrezensionen
Amazon Bestseller-Rang:
Nr. 447.867 in Fremdsprachige Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Fremdsprachige Bücher)
For second time, this is not the book that I want. please send the right request as sonn is possible.i dont want the book "the baron in the trees" i want Th nonexistent knight and the cloven viscount.
Charlemagne, Emperor of France and lands far beyond, is legendary for halting the ‘Mohammedan’ conquest of Europe. Here, he is portrayed as an elderly, somewhat indecisive gent leading a complex army of generals, boastful knights and layers of ranks, incl. infantry, battle planners, caterers, builders, blacksmiths and a flotsam of camp followers and battlefield robbers. Does Italo Calvino give a truthful account of 8th century warfare? I have no way to tell, but its context is suitably feudal, steeped in Christianity (monasteries, versatile nuns, sky-high tithes and taxes) and key values like chivalry, honour, shame and revenge.Early on, Calvino explains that 8th century knights, commoners or serfs often struggled interpreting the world. So that a knight, who talks, harangues everyone over the correct way to do things, but is invisible behind his visor and does not fill out his empty harness, hardly raised eyebrows. Yes, he fights in his impeccable, white attire, but never eats, sleeps or rapes, instead, checks out everything like an inspector-general. And yes, he has one passionate female admirer truly fed up with real knights, who turns out to play a double role in this absurdist fairy tale... And there are other intriguing characters linked to royalty in Scotland and Morocco and real scandal.Calvino is a born story teller, infusing his narrative with plenty of unexpected anecdotes and observations. E.g. during battles, strictly neutral and untouchable men on fast little horses, serve as interpreters to translate honour-related insults traded by combatants. Many snap observations have a bearing on more enlightened times, like ours perhaps. Would love to read comments by scholars re lots of scenes described such as about the insane man who blunders his way through the tale without offending anyone. Nice read!
These are wonderful novellas. Written as fables, there appeal lies on one level as simple fictional tales about knights and castles, so it could be something that children could enjoy quite easily. From there, it grows. Calvino packs so much wisdom and inquisitiveness into these stories, that it takes on the form of a metaphysical inquiry into morality, epistomology, and science. In "The Nonexistent Knight," the penultimate hollow man shuffles through Charlemagne's Europe maintaining some kind of external order, at least. That's all he has to offer to the world, of course, because there is nothing inside the shell. Don't you know people like that?Then in "The Cloven Viscount," a parable in an ethical style, Calvino splits a person in two and takes the reader on the journey of exploring all the ramifications of that fissure.I believe these could be taught in a philosophy course, a literature course, read at the bedside with junior, and taken to the beach for summer reading, and an easy book to talk about at a dinner party or in a book group.
"The Nonexistent Knight", the "Cloven Viscount" and "The Baron in the Trees" are often referred to as "the fantasy trilogy" of Calvino. If anything, they show that there are still writers able to invent timeless tales. In this respect, Calvino is a modern-time heir of H.C.Handersen, with the only difference that Calvino is a writer of greater narrative range: he can spin a yarn on infinite variations of folk tales and write a symmetry-obsessed novel like "The castle of Crossed Destinies". The trilogy is written in a linear style that is lyrical and simple. I read them in italian in my 4th grade, and loved them. I picked them again 20 years later and loved them even more (esp. The Cloven Viscount). The stories touch upon themes like friendship, love, identity, freedom. It's hard to dislike them.
Italo Calvino is not for the type of reader who will agonize over whether they should give a book "4 stars" or "4.5 stars" and then give their appallingly vapid comments which illustrate that they have missed the whole point of the book, or in Calvino's case all the points while giving a synopsis which postures as revelation.Italo Calvino requires that the reader pays careful attention to each sentence as all masterly crafted works of art do. Calvino may be difficult when first approached because he is speaking about a plethora of ideas and in this book with an amusing set of masks presented in an amusing "favola." Within this fable are his musings on literary, political, and aesthetic trends.A knight who doesn't exist outside his armor, thoughts about medieval story-telling, Cervantes, a cloistered nun, a love story and Charlemagne. If you try to synopsize this novella, then you will destroy the experience. It is delightful to realize that the deeper you become emotionally involved with the characters, the more you sense that Calvino is speaking to you personally.So with a little patience, you enter a magical world rooted in the very realistic soil of contemporary concerns.
Sometimes a book is so good that you go to bed at 3am only to wake up at 5am because you've decided that finishing that book is more important than going back to bed. Italo Calvino's The Nonexistent Knight is one of those books. I'm sure I'll pay for the lack of sleep this afternoon but I had to write a review while the book is still fresh in my mind.I first read this book in Italian, and I must say that I got a whole lot more out of the English translation this time around. Italo Calvino was a Cuban born, raised and interred Italian journalist and writer. He was politically active during his younger years, with strong ties to the Italian communist party until he became jaded by the failed applications of a philosophy he thought to be near perfect. Heavily influenced by Cervantes, Shakespeare, and Dante, Calvino's writings make no attempt at masking those influences. It is said that "books are born from books," and if that's true, we would do well to choose books with impressive pedigrees.Italo Calvino was a modern Cervantes (he died in 1984). Not only was he a master at creating stories, he was a master at telling them. He was a first class raconteur. He has been accused of being pretentious because his vocabulary is more extensive than most writers, an accusation more writers should be accused of. The Nonexistent Knight is the story of a knight who fights in Charlemagne's army, and he does not exist. His name is Agilulf and he is nothing more than a suit of armor (there's no one inside), and yet he is so much more. Agilulf is the embodiment of living by the letter of the law. He is aloof to moments of awkwardness and female advances.As a knight errant, Agilulf sets off on a journey to defend his knighthood when it comes under question by Torrismund, another knight in Charlemagne's court. Our hero encounters promiscuous damsels in distress (they were really just jonesing for some loving), whales, nuns, and Moors. The book contains the Knights of the holy Grail, a group of harp playing, thieving bafoons who are seeking to become one with the Grail, a proletariat class who frees themselves from oppression and form an egalitarian society, wars, pseudo incest, and a surprise-twist ending. This book is rife with commentary on modern times, and best of all it is written superbly. Calvino won numerous awards for his writing, and is greatly under appreciated, though Harold Bloom was fond of him and that should be enough to convince you to read his works. Check this book out and you won't be disappointed, and you can take my word for it (read in Levar Burton's voice).
A superb work, lively and dressed to the nines in rich imagery entwined in engaging storytelling with hot and clever wordplay and comedy. Much more than simply the story of "The Nonexistent Knight," it is a work which can parallel innumerable facets of the absurd and ever-changing life faced bravely by humanity by way of analogy. A truly fun and novel read, for how short it is.
Long short story or novella - however you classify it, this tale is exactly as long and short as it should be. There's not a word out of place, unless you count the typos that the conversion to Kindle book has apparently caused. So maybe read the printed version first and then let your Kindle what lets you carry it around with you forever.
I like Calvino and liked the story. The translation and the editing were sub par and therefore distracting. And the story is far from his best, anyway. If you can, avoid this. If you're new to Calvino, read The Baron in the Trees or something else in the magical realiism vein rather than this.
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