The Nonexistent Knight

Title: The Nonexistent Knight
Author: Italo Calvino
ISBN: 9780544959101
Publisher: Mariner Books Classics
Published: 2017
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Condition: New
New from the publisher

Fiction 1693475

Publisher Description:

An empty suit of armor is the hero in this witty novella, a picaresque gem--now available in an independent volume for the first time--that brilliantly parodies medieval knighthood.

Set in the time of Charlemagne and narrated by a nun with her own secrets to keep, The Nonexistent Knight tells the story of Agilulf, a gleaming white suit of armor with nothing inside it. A challenge to his honor sends Agilulf on a search through France, England, and North Africa to confirm the chastity of a virgin he saved from rape years earlier. In the end, after many surprising turns of plot, a closing confession draws this sparkling novella to a perfect finish.