Our ancestors

The real and fantastic in Kalvino prose are very often intertwined. This was fully manifested in the fabulous and parable of the trilogy Our ancestors. including novels. whose names speak for themselves. In the “bifurcated Viscount” the protagonist Medardo Di Terralba breaks in two with a cannon core. And two halves remain from him. which begin an independent life. In the Baron on the Wood, the young Kozimo Piovasco di Rondo decides to live on a tree. which is quite feasible from the point of view of the laws of nature. But it is impossible and fantastic in social terms. In the Non -existing Knight the protagonist of Agilulf. One of the Paladins of the army of Karl the Great. It exists only in its armor. Without them, he is not