If on a winter's night a traveler
by Italo Calvino
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Author: Italo CalvinoEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1982-10-20
ISBN: 0156439611
Number of pages: 276
Publisher: Harvest Books
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Book Review: "I read, therefore it (the world) writes"
Summary: 5 Stars
I'd flopped on a bed in a luxury hotel in Amman, Jordan last spring and flipped through a magazine, landing on page with little blurbs about about books. I was intriuged by a couple of titles. One was a book about the international sex slave trade (still not available in the USA until this fall) and the second was IF ON A WINTER'S NIGHT A TRAVELER.
The little blurb said this book had ten Chapter Ones. You read that right. One book, ten first chapters.
I wrote these titles down and ordered the latter after I got back home. And I just finished it. Wow.
I won't try to explain everything that goes on in this book but I can tell you--and this was the part that really surprised me--I was able to follow it all. Even when I suspected about two-thirds of the way in that my attention would waver and I'd lose complete track of this strangely-written book, I still knew what was going on. I have to chalk that up to the writer. I've gotten lost in far more conventional stories after wading through thick and ponderous writing...but not this one!
This is a book about books, about reading, about the solitary existence of readers and the fantastic journeys they find on pages. The writing is particularly strong and I wonder how much credit the translator should receive.
I can't imagine anyone who really loves reading disliking this book.
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