The novel is in two parts, each using a different style of tarot deck. The first part was published alone in 1969 as Tarocchi: Il mazzo visconteo di Bergamo e New York (Tarots: The Visconti Pack in Bergamo and New York). It contains allusions to Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso.[1] The second part, with the header "The Tavern of Crossed Destinies", features the Tarot of Marseilles.[2]
Synopsisedit
The narrative details a meeting among travelers who are inexplicably unable to speak after passing through a forest. The characters in the novel recount their tales via tarot cards, which are reconstructed by the narrator. The deck scatters at the end of the novel, as do the characters' identities.
Themesedit
The novel is an exploration of how meaning is created, whether that be written via words (by the author, via the book, since the characters in the book cannot speak to each other), or by images (the tarot cards—considered prophetic by some, and themselves open to many symbolic interpretations).[3] It is, as often in Calvino's works, multilayered, and several levels of interpretations and readings are possible, based on the author–narrator–character–reader relationship.
castle, crossed, destinies, italian, castello, destini, incrociati, 1973, novel, italian, writer, italo, calvino, first, edition, part, oneauthoritalo, calvinooriginal, titleil, castello, destini, incrociaticountryitalylanguageitaliangenrespeculative, fictionp. The Castle of Crossed Destinies Italian Il castello dei destini incrociati is a 1973 novel by Italian writer Italo Calvino The Castle of Crossed DestiniesFirst edition part oneAuthorItalo CalvinoOriginal titleIl castello dei destini incrociatiCountryItalyLanguageItalianGenreSpeculative fictionPublication date1973Media typePrintaudiobookdigital Contents 1 Background 2 Synopsis 3 Themes 4 See also 5 ReferencesBackground editThe novel is in two parts each using a different style of tarot deck The first part was published alone in 1969 as Tarocchi Il mazzo visconteo di Bergamo e New York Tarots The Visconti Pack in Bergamo and New York It contains allusions to Ludovico Ariosto s Orlando Furioso 1 The second part with the header The Tavern of Crossed Destinies features the Tarot of Marseilles 2 Synopsis editThe narrative details a meeting among travelers who are inexplicably unable to speak after passing through a forest The characters in the novel recount their tales via tarot cards which are reconstructed by the narrator The deck scatters at the end of the novel as do the characters identities Themes editThe novel is an exploration of how meaning is created whether that be written via words by the author via the book since the characters in the book cannot speak to each other or by images the tarot cards considered prophetic by some and themselves open to many symbolic interpretations 3 It is as often in Calvino s works multilayered and several levels of interpretations and readings are possible based on the author narrator character reader relationship See also edit1973 in literature Italian literatureReferences edit Cavallo Jo Ann ed December 2018 Teaching the Italian Renaissance Romance Epic Modern Language Association of America ISBN 978 1603293679 Jensen Marjorie 29 November 2017 Five essential books of tarot fiction Spiral Nature Magazine Retrieved 19 September 2022 Waldman Katy 19 June 2021 The Becoming of Italo Calvino The New Yorker Retrieved 19 September 2022 nbsp This article about a 1970s novel is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Castle of Crossed Destinies amp oldid 1191368777, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
