| If on a Winter's Night a Traveler Contributor(s): Calvino, Italo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156439611 ISBN-13: 9780156439619 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1982 Annotation: Calvino shows that the novel, far from being a dead form, is capable of endless mutations. If on a winter's night a traveler turns out to be not one novel but ten, each with a different plot, style, ambience, and author. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 80008741 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.45 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Italo Calvino imagines a novel capable of endless mutations in this intricately crafted story about writing and readers.
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler turns out to be not one novel but ten, each with a different plot, style, ambience, and author, and each interrupted at a moment of suspense. Together they form a labyrinth of literatures, known and unknown, alive and extinct, through which two readers, a male and a female, pursue both the story lines that intrigue them and one another. |
Contributor Bio(s): Calvino, Italo: - ITALO CALVINO (1923-1985) attained worldwide renown as one of the twentieth century's greatest storytellers. Born in Cuba, he was raised in San Remo, Italy, and later lived in Turin, Paris, Rome, and elsewhere. Among his many works are Invisible Cities, If on a winter's night a traveler, The Baron in the Trees, and other novels, as well as numerous collections of fiction, folktales, criticism, and essays. His works have been translated into dozens of languages. |