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If On a Winter's Night a Traveller

by Italo Calvino, William Weaver
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If On a Winter's Night a Traveller
If On a Winter's Night a Traveller

Metafictional journey through fragmented literary landscapes.

If you're someone who revels in books about books and narratives that twist and turn upon themselves, "If on a Winter's Night a Traveller" is a treat. Italo Calvino's masterpiece is an intricate labyrinth that celebrates the act of reading itself. As you become both protagonist and detective in this story of stories, you'll delight in the playful, thought-provoking nature of a novel that refuses to be just one thing.

  • 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.

If On a Winter's Night a Traveller

by Italo Calvino, William Weaver
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ISBN: 9780099430896
Authors: Italo Calvino, William Weaver
Publisher: Vintage
Date of Publication: 1998-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Classics, Italian Literature, Literature
Goodreads rating: 4.04
(rated by 96321 readers)

Description

Italo Calvino's masterpiece combines a love story and a detective story into an exhilarating allegory of reading, in which the reader of the book becomes the book's central character. Based on a witty analogy between the reader's desire to finish the story and the lover's desire to consummate his or her passion, If On a Winter's Night a Traveller is the tale of two bemused readers whose attempts to reach the end of the same book are constantly and comically frustrated. In between chasing missing chapters of the book, the hapless readers tangle with an international conspiracy, a rogue translator, an elusive novelist, a disintegrating publishing house, and several oppressive governments. The result is a literary labyrinth of storylines that interrupt one another - an Arabian Nights of the postmodern age.
 

Metafictional journey through fragmented literary landscapes.

If you're someone who revels in books about books and narratives that twist and turn upon themselves, "If on a Winter's Night a Traveller" is a treat. Italo Calvino's masterpiece is an intricate labyrinth that celebrates the act of reading itself. As you become both protagonist and detective in this story of stories, you'll delight in the playful, thought-provoking nature of a novel that refuses to be just one thing.

  • 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.