If on a winter’s night a traveler
Author: Italo Calvino
Librarian’s Note: alternate cover edition for this edition is in here.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….Read More
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