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Our Ancestors is the name of Italo Calvino
's "heraldic trilogy" that comprises The Cloven Viscount
(1952), The Baron in the Trees
(1957), and The Nonexistent Knight
(1959).
Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. His best known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy , the Cosmicomics collection of short stories , and the novels Invisible Cities and If on a winter's night a traveler .Lionised in Britain and the United States,...
's "heraldic trilogy" that comprises The Cloven Viscount
The Cloven Viscount
The Cloven Viscount is a fantasy novel written by Italo Calvino. It was first published by Einaudi in 1952 and in English in 1962 by William Collins, with a translation by Archibald Colquhoun.-Plot:...
(1952), The Baron in the Trees
The Baron in the Trees
The Baron in the Trees is a 1957 Italian novel by Italo Calvino. Described as a conte philosophique and a metaphor for independence, it tells the adventures of a boy who climbs up a tree to spend the rest of his life inhabiting an arboreal kingdom....
(1957), and The Nonexistent Knight
The Nonexistent Knight
The Nonexistent Knight is an allegorical fantasy novel by Italo Calvino, first published in Italian 1959 and in English translation in 1962. The novel tells the story of Agilulf, a medieval knight who perfectly exemplifies chivalry, piety, and faithfulness, but exists only as an empty suit of armor...
(1959).