One of the author's six favorite surrealist books, as shared at The Week magazine:
The Nonexistent Knight by Italo CalvinoRead about the other books on the list.
This is a fable, set in the time of Charlemagne, about an empty suit of armor that believes itself to be a knight and keeps itself going by willpower and strict adherence to the rules of chivalry. The other fables in Calvino's Our Ancestors trilogy are just as good.
--Marshal Zeringue
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