El castillo de los destinos cruzados, que Italo Calvino consideraba uno de sus mejores libros y el más fantástico entre ellos, fue publicado originalmente en 1973, tras un complejo proceso de elaboración a través de métodos combinatorios que había iniciado cinco años antes. Las dos narraciones que lo componen han sido construidas a partir de un mismo desafío formal: las posibles interpretaciones de dos diferentes mazos de tarot -el Visconti, para El castillo de los destinos cruzados, con sus delicados miniados que reflejan el refinamiento renacentista, y, para La taberna de los destinos cruzados, el de Marsella, de trazos más toscos y que requiere un lenguaje más popular.

Didn´t finish it the first time I tried to read it and now gave it a second try - after page 22 I felt like quitting again. It´s just feels like that I see the attention of the author and like the idea of using a Tarock game as basic premise for creating stories but it just doesn´t really work. It´s tedious and not very entertaining - can´t really recommend it. Actually I would say that I only gave the third star because i love Tarock cards and really wanted this to work out. ( )

I enjoyed this more for the original format. It felt like Calvino had more fun writing this than I did reading it. Some of the stories are quite entertaining and original, but the repetition of the cards and sort of rote presentation got a little dull at times. If anything, it inspired me to try out this technique myself and so I have unearthed my lost pack of tarot cards and begun re-examining their pictures to see what sorts of stories I could glean...

I would not recommend this as an introduction to Calvino. Which is one of the great things about him, actually: he changes his style and approach to writing with almost every work. ( )

I enjoyed this more for the original format. It felt like Calvino had more fun writing this than I did reading it. Some of the stories are quite entertaining and original, but the repetition of the cards and sort of rote presentation got a little dull at times. If anything, it inspired me to try out this technique myself and so I have unearthed my lost pack of tarot cards and begun re-examining their pictures to see what sorts of stories I could glean...

I would not recommend this as an introduction to Calvino. Which is one of the great things about him, actually: he changes his style and approach to writing with almost every work. ( )

Bel libro: che non è un saggio , non è un racconto (anche se l’ho classificato come tale per i personaggi) e non è un trattato. È un po’ di tutti e tre. Molto bravo Calvino a non apparire didascalico ma a mostrare tutta la sua cultura d la sua capacità di scrittura .
A me i tarocchi non sono mai piaciuti ma il libro (120 pagine e poco più) mi è piaciuto molto. ( )