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The Nonexistent Knight
- Author
- Italo Calvino
- Narrator
- Jefferson Mays
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 10 August 2018
- Run Time
- 4 hours 12 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Classic fiction
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- Author
- Italo Calvino
- Narrator
- Jefferson Mays
- Duration
- 4 hours 12 minutes
- Release Date
- 10 August 2018
- ISBN
- 9781501963537
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Classic fiction
Synopsis
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.
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