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.
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- Published
- 1979
- Nationality
- Italian
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 200-300
- Original Language
- Italian
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- Alternate Titles
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- If On A Winter’s Night A Traveler
- If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
- Se Numa Noite De Inverno Um Viajante
- Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore
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- 72nd on 100 Best Books (Montana State University)
- 96th on Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Novels (Entertainment Weekly)
- 121st on El Pais Favorite Books of 100 Spanish Authors (El Pais)
- 171st on The 500 best books of all time from Culture Café users (Culture Café)
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
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- From Zero to Well-Read in 100 Books (Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com)
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