The Castle of Crossed Destinies (Masterplots II: World Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Italo Calvino
- First Published: 1969
- Type of Work: Semiotic fantasy
- Time of Work: The mythic past
- Setting: A castle and a tavern
- Principal Characters: The first Narrator, The castle Guests, The second Narrator, The Patrons of the tavern
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Restaurants, bars, taverns, or pubs, Storytelling, Faustian bargains, Castles, Devils or demons, Knights or knighthood, Alchemy, Tarot
- Locales: Mythical lands
The Novel
Italo Calvino’s book, a series of short fantastic tales, falls into two major parts: “The Castle of Crossed Destinies” and “The Tavern of Crossed Destinies.” In two isolated and mysterious settings, guests and patrons relate the stories of their lives. Since these experiences are extremely harrowing or traumatic, each storyteller, including the narrator-observer, has lost the power of speech. The method of narration, therefore, becomes the pictures on the cards of the tarot deck, which each guest arranges in the order that most closely corresponds...
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