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Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Ser.: If on a Winter's Night a Traveler : Introduction by Peter Washington by Italo Calvino (1993, Hardcover)

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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, Hardcover by Calvino, Italo; Weaver, William (TRN), ISBN 0679420258, ISBN-13 9780679420255, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Ten different and thoroughly dissimilar novels intertwine as the beginning of each book, interrupted at a critical moment of suspense, leads into yet another novel reflecting yet another literary mode

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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.

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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0679420258
ISBN-13
9780679420255
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Product Key Features

Book Title
IF on a Winter's Night a Traveler : Introduction by Peter Washington
Author
Italo Calvino
Original Language
Italian
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, Classics, Literary
Publication Year
1993
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
304 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.3in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
14.8 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Pq4809.A45
Reviews
"[Italo Calvino is] one of the world's best fabulists." --John Gardner, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW "Calvino is a wizard." --Mary McCarthy, NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS "[Calvino] manages to charm and entertain the reader in the teeth of a scheme designed to frustrate all reasonable readerly expectations." --John Updike, THE NEW YORKER "Calvino is that very rare phenomenon, a true original . . . If on a winter's night a traveler is breathtakingly complex and self-conscious (there are moments when it quite literally makes one gasp with astonishment) . . . [yet it] is one of the most accessible and enchanting novels written in the last fifty years." --from the Introduction by Peter Washington, "[Italo Calvino is] one of the world's best fabulists." -John Gardner, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW "Calvino is a wizard." -Mary McCarthy, NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS "[Calvino] manages to charm and entertain the reader in the teeth of a scheme designed to frustrate all reasonable readerly expectations." -John Updike, THE NEW YORKER "Calvino is that very rare phenomenon, a true original . . . If on a winter's night a traveler is breathtakingly complex and self-conscious (there are moments when it quite literally makes one gasp with astonishment) . . . [yet it] is one of the most accessible and enchanting novels written in the last fifty years." -from the Introduction by Peter Washington
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
92-054302
Dewey Decimal
853.914
Series
Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Ser.
Dewey Edition
21

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