Italy

If on a winter's night a traveler

by Italo Calvino

Adventure & Journey 1979

Summary

A novel addressed directly to "you, the reader," who begins reading a novel that turns out to be the wrong book — initiating a series of interrupted narratives. Calvino's most playful and postmodern work.

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Italo Calvino

Italian novelist and journalist (1923–1985) known for his playful, experimental, and visually imaginative prose. He moved from neorealism to fable to postmodern metafiction over the course of a career that made him one of the 20th century's most distinctive voices.

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1979
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Italo Calvino