Cover of If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

by Unknown Author

4.7
(10 ratings)
276 pages2012Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing CompanyISBN 9780544133402
Metafictionpostmodernismexperimental fictionnovel in framesreadingwritingstorytellinglovelossdesirethe power of imaginationBooks and readingBooks and reading--fictionMan-woman relationshipsMan-woman relationships--fictionItalian fiction--history and criticismItalian fiction--to 1800--history and criticismPq4809.a45 s3713
Open in BookOwlDownload on App Store

About this book

"You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino's new novel...Relax. Concentrate. Dispel every other thought. Let the world around you fade." —from If On A Winter's Night a Traveler Italo Calvino's stunning classic imagines a novel capable of endless possibilities in an intricately crafted, spellbinding story about writing and reading. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler is a feat of striking ingenuity and intelligence, exploring how our reading choices can shape and transform our lives. Originally published in 1979, Italo Calvino's singular novel crafted a postmodern narrative like never seen before—offering not one novel but ten, each with a different plot, style, ambience, and author, and each interrupted at a moment of suspense. Together, the stories form a labyrinth of literature known and unknown, alive and extinct, through which two readers pursue the story lines that intrigue them and try to read each other. Deeply profound and surprisingly romantic, this classic is a beautiful meditation on the transformative power of reading and the ways we make meaning in our lives.

Publication Details

Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Published
2012
Pages
276
ISBN
9780544133402

About Unknown Author

Italo Calvino (Santiago de Las Vegas de La Habana, 15 ottobre 1923 – Siena, 19 settembre 1985) è stato uno scrittore e paroliere italiano. Intellettuale di grande impegno politico, civile e culturale, è stato uno dei narratori italiani più importanti del secondo Novecento. I numerosi campi d'interesse toccati dal suo percorso letterario sono meditati e raccontati attraverso capolavori quali la trilogia de *I nostri antenati, Marcovaldo, Le cosmicomiche, Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore,* uniti dal filo conduttore della riflessione sulla storia e la società contemporanea. ---------- Italo Calvino (Italian: [ˈiːtalo kalˈviːno]; 15 October 1923 – 19 September 1985) was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. His best known works include the *Our Ancestors* trilogy (1952–1959), the *Cosmicomics* collection of short stories (1965), and the novels *Invisible Cities* (1972) and If on a winter's night a traveler (1979). Lionised in Britain and the United States, he was the most-translated contemporary Italian writer at the time of his death, and a noted contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature.

More by Unknown Author

Cover of Written World and the Unwritten World

Written World and the Unwritten World

Italo Calvino

4.5
Cover of If on a Winter's Night a Traveller

If on a Winter's Night a Traveller

Unknown Author

4.4
Cover of If on a winter's night a traveler

If on a winter's night a traveler

Unknown Author

4.4
Cover of Baron in the Trees

Baron in the Trees

Unknown Author

4.4
Cover of Baron in the Trees

Baron in the Trees

Unknown Author

4.4
Cover of Italian folktales

Italian folktales

Unknown Author

4.3

Track your reading journey with BookOwl

Open in BookOwlDownload on App Store