The Castle of Crossed Destinies

Name: The Castle of Crossed Destinies
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ISBN: 9781529980837

Italo Calvino, William Weaver

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Vintage Classics
20 October 2026

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Short stories; Fiction in translation; Tarot

Series: Brief Encounters

Experience a BRIEF ENCOUNTER like no other, with Italo Calvino, the master of post-war experimental fiction, and his mind-bendingly brilliant novella about a travelling band of Tarot readers.

A magical, mystical novella about the art and power of storytelling, this is Italo Calvino's miniature masterpiece.

A group of travellers chance to meet, first in a castle, then in a tavern. Having mysteriously lost their powers of speech, they must tell their tales using only a deck of tarot cards. As their stories interlink and overlap, a fantastic, surreal and chaotic history of the human quest for meaning unfolds.

BRIEF ENCOUNTERS- classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days

By: Italo Calvino
Translated by: William Weaver
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 122g
ISBN: 9781529980837
ISBN 10: 1529980836
Series: Brief Encounters
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 20 October 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Italo Calvino (1923-1985) is regarded as one of the most influential and imaginative writers of the post-war twentieth century. Best-known for his genre-bending, experimental fictions Invisible Cities and If on a Winter's Night a Traveller, Calvino forged a style that was predicated on the playful and surreal aspects of the literary imagination.