If On A Winter's Night A Traveller: A Traveler by Italo Calvino (English) Hardco

Description: If On A Winter's Night A Traveller by Italo Calvino Based on a witty anaolgy between the readers desire to finish the story and the lovers desire to consummate his or her passion, IF ON A WINTERS NIGHT is the tale of two bemused readers whose attempts to reach the end of same book - IF ON A WINTERS NIGHT by Italo Calvino - are constantly and comically frustrated. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Calvinos dazzling post-modernist masterpiece combines a love story, a detective story and a sardonic dissection of the publishing industry in a scintillating allegory of reading. Based on a witty anaolgy between the readers desire to finish the story and the lovers desire to consummate his or her passion, IF ON A WINTERS NIGHT is the tale of two bemused readers whose attempts to reach the end of same book - IF ON A WINTERS NIGHT by Italo Calvino - are constantly and comically frustrated. THE ARABIAN NIGHTS of our day Author Biography Italo Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923 and grew up in Italy. He was an essayist and journalist and a member of the editorial staff of Einaudi in Turin. One of the most respected writers of the twentieth century, his best-known works of fiction include Invisible Cities, If on a Winters Night a Traveller, Marcovaldo and Mr Palomar. In 1973 he won the prestigious Premio Feltrinelli. He died in 1985. A collection of Calvinos posthumous personal writings, The Hermit in Paris, was published in 2003. Review "[Italo Calvino is] one of the worlds best fabulists."--John Gardner, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW "Calvino is a wizard."--Mary McCarthy, NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS "[Calvino] manages to charm and entertain the reader in the teeth of a scheme designed to frustrate all reasonable readerly expectations."--John Updike, THE NEW YORKER "Calvino is that very rare phenomenon, a true original . . . If on a winters night a traveler is breathtakingly complex and self-conscious (there are moments when it quite literally makes one gasp with astonishment) . . . [yet it] is one of the most accessible and enchanting novels written in the last fifty years."--from the Introduction by Peter Washington Details ISBN1857151380 Year 1993 ISBN-10 1857151380 ISBN-13 9781857151381 Format Hardcover Publication Date 1993-05-20 Imprint Everymans Library Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from Italian DEWEY 853.914 Author Italo Calvino Publisher Everyman Media Book Language English Pages 296 Short Title If on a Winters Night Subtitle A Traveler UK Release Date 1993-05-20 AU Release Date 1993-05-20 NZ Release Date 1993-05-20 Series Everymans Library CLASSICS Narrator Susan McInearny Illustrator Lauren Castillo Translator Larissa Volokhonsky Birth 1939 Affiliation Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Bipolar Clinic and Reseach Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Position Associate Professor of Psychiatry Qualifications Ph.D. Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:145093999;

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