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The Nonexistent Knight
Author: Italo Calvino
Narrator: Jefferson Mays
Unabridged: 4 hr 12 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 08/10/2018
Category: Fiction - Classics
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.