(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) Introduction by Peter Washington; Translation by William Weaver 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 TRAVELER is the tale of two bemused readers whose attempts to reach the end of the same book--IF ON A WINTER'S NIGHT A TRAVELER, by Italo Calvino, of course--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.
About the Author: Italo Calvino's works include Numbers in the Dark , The Road to San Giovanni , Six Memos for the Next Millennium , The Baron in the Trees , If on a Winter's Night a Traveller , Invisible Cities , Marcovaldo , and Mr.
Palomar .
He died in 1985.
| Status | Jacketed) |
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| Author | Italo |
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