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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

by Italo Calvino, William Weaver
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

Labyrinthine narrative exploring reading's infinite possibilities.

If a book could whisper into the very soul of storytelling, it would echo the pages of "If on a Winter's Night a Traveler." Calvino's imagination takes you on a journey where the thrill of the unfinished collides with the pursuit of completion. Let yourself be swept into this metafictional adventure—a love letter to readers and writers alike—and perhaps find a reflection of your own literary quest along the way.

  • Ars Translationis (2010)
  • Ein Buch für die Stadt (2004)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

by Italo Calvino, William Weaver
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ISBN: 9780156439619
Authors: Italo Calvino, William Weaver
Publisher: Harcourt
Date of Publication: 1982-10-20
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Fantasy, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Philosophy, Literature, Literary Criticism, Italian Literature, Classics, Magical Realism
Goodreads rating: 4.0
(rated by 118125 readers)

Description

Italo Calvino imagines a novel capable of endless mutations in this intricately crafted story about writing and readers. If On a Winter's Night a Traveler turns out to be not one novel but ten, each with a different plot, style, ambience, and author, and each interrupted at a moment of suspense. Together they form a labyrinth of literatures, known and unknown, alive and extinct, through which two readers, a male and a female, pursue both the story lines that intrigue them and one another.
 

Labyrinthine narrative exploring reading's infinite possibilities.

If a book could whisper into the very soul of storytelling, it would echo the pages of "If on a Winter's Night a Traveler." Calvino's imagination takes you on a journey where the thrill of the unfinished collides with the pursuit of completion. Let yourself be swept into this metafictional adventure—a love letter to readers and writers alike—and perhaps find a reflection of your own literary quest along the way.

  • Ars Translationis (2010)
  • Ein Buch für die Stadt (2004)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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