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The Castle of Crossed Destinies

novel by Calvino
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Also known as: “Il castello dei destini incrociati”
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The Castle of Crossed Destinies, semiotic fantasy novel by Italo Calvino, published in Italian in 1973 as Il castello dei destini incrociati. It consists of a series of short tales gathered into two sections, “The Castle of Crossed Destinies” and “The Tavern of Crossed Destinies.” The novel concerns two groups of travelers through a forest, both of which have lost the power to speak as the result of traumatic events. One group is spending the night in a tavern, the other in a castle. In each place, the travelers tell the stories of their lives, using tarot cards instead of ...(100 of 137 words)

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