If on a Winter's Night a Traveller (Everyman's Library Classics)
 

If on a winter's night a traveler

by Italo Calvino

One of the most unusual love affairs in literature, If On A Winter’s Night A Traveller is a captivating game of suspense into which we are irresistibly pulled. (1995) (read review)

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muque and shylock tomes
  • Rated 4 stars

One of those books that I had to force myself to keep reading because I kept asking myself, "what's the point." However, as experimental novels go, this is a blockbuster. It makes one question not only the nature of reality, but also one's own sanity. From Wikipedia: "This book is about a reader trying to read a book called _If on a winter's night a traveler_. The first chapter and every odd-numbered chapter are in the second person, and tell the reader what he is doing in preparation for...

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sthurner
  • Rated 2 stars

"You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino's new novel, If on a Winter's Night a Traveler. Relax. Concentrate."

This is a novel that I admired more than enjoyed. I could see what Calvino was trying to do, interspersing unfinished bits of novels with a frame story about a frustrated reader trying to read an incomplete novel, complete with musings on the relationship between a reader and the pages he or she reads. Still, the game became tedious for me by the end. I'm glad I made...

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  • Rated 4.135135 stars
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  • Rated 4.125 stars
 

Newest Comments

  • elissa f

    elissa f said:

    The only thing I've read by Calvino and it took me a bit to get into, but it's truly amazing.

    posted Tuesday, February 5 2008
  • Legend

    legend said:

    I liked it less than Calvino's other works

    posted Monday, December 24 2007
  • Tim Halbur

    tim halbur said:

    Postmodern and post-narrative, but simultaneously a great story.

    posted Thursday, December 20 2007
  • ~lvlarYalvl~

    ~lvlaryalvl~ said:

    I read this book over and over again...

    posted Tuesday, December 11 2007
  • NuthiN

    nuthin said:

    it can't be said through words ... it's just not a novel ... it reminds u of post modern linguistic philosophy ....it can't be said through words !

    posted Sunday, October 14 2007
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