(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.
1. I started to read this book with absolutely no idea of what it is about. From page 5 (the passage about all the different kinds of books) I was hooked. That was very smart and witty writing, I thought. And there are many such passages scattered in the bo...
評分1. I started to read this book with absolutely no idea of what it is about. From page 5 (the passage about all the different kinds of books) I was hooked. That was very smart and witty writing, I thought. And there are many such passages scattered in the bo...
評分1. I started to read this book with absolutely no idea of what it is about. From page 5 (the passage about all the different kinds of books) I was hooked. That was very smart and witty writing, I thought. And there are many such passages scattered in the bo...
評分1. I started to read this book with absolutely no idea of what it is about. From page 5 (the passage about all the different kinds of books) I was hooked. That was very smart and witty writing, I thought. And there are many such passages scattered in the bo...
評分1. I started to read this book with absolutely no idea of what it is about. From page 5 (the passage about all the different kinds of books) I was hooked. That was very smart and witty writing, I thought. And there are many such passages scattered in the bo...
Indicating an understanding of Kakfa is essential to understand my despair.
评分Indicating an understanding of Kakfa is essential to understand my despair.
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评分看得時而頭疼
评分看得時而頭疼
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