If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
Author(s): Italo Calvino
(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.
Product Information
General Fields
- :
- : Harcourt Inc
- : Harvest
- : 0.22
- : 01 October 1982
- : .69 Inches X 5.31 Inches X 8 Inches
- : books
Special Fields
- : Italo Calvino
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 853.914
- : 272
- : William Weaver