If on a Winter's Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino

The novel is a postmodernist narrative that follows the adventures of the reader, who is trying to read a book called "If on a Winter's Night a Traveller." However, the reader keeps encountering obstacles that prevent him from finishing the book, including printer's errors, censorship, and interruptions from other characters. The story is interspersed with the beginnings of ten different novels, each interrupted at a moment of suspense. The book is a meditation on reading, writing, and the nature of narrative itself.

The 441st greatest book of all time


Published
1979
Nationality
Italian
Type
Fiction
Pages
200-300
Words
56,000
Original Language
Italian
Alternate Titles
None

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