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Title: The Nonexistent Knight

Author: Italo Calvino

ISBN: 9780544959101

Publisher: Mariner Books Classics

Published: 2017

Binding: Paperback

Language: English

Edition: Translation

Condition Note: New from the publisher

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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.