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“You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino’s new . Concentrate. Dispel every other thought. Let the world around you fade.” –from If On A Winter’s Night a Traveler
Italo Calvino’s stunning classic imagines a novel capable of endless possibilities in an intricately crafted, spellbinding story about writing and reading.
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler is a feat of striking ingenuity and intelligence, exploring how our reading choices can shape and transform our lives. Originally published in 1979, Italo Calvino’s singular experimental novel crafted a postmodern narrative like never seen before–offering not one novel but ten, each with a different plot, style, ambience, and author, and each interrupted at a moment of suspense. Together, the stories form a labyrinth of literature known and unknown, alive and extinct, through which two readers–in a truly unique work of metafiction–pursue the story lines that intrigue them and try to read each other. Deeply profound and surprisingly romantic, this classic is a beautiful meditation on the transformative power of reading and the ways we make meaning in our lives.
“Calvino is a is no halting [this book’s] metamorphoses.” –New York Times Review of Books
Author: Italo Calvino
Publisher: Mariner Books Classics
Published: 10/20/1982
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45 lbs
Size: 7.9″ H x 5.2″ L x 0.8″ W
ISBN: 9780156439619
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