Loading cart contents...
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller
9.99 JOD
Jordan: Deliverable within 48 hours
International: Deliverable within 7 Days
Description
A masterwork by the incomparable, genre-defying, wondrous Italo Calvino. You go into a bookshop and buy If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino. You like it. But there is a printer’s error in your copy. You take it back to the shop and get a replacement. But the replacement seems to be a totally different story. You try to track down the original book you were reading but end up with a different narrative again. This remarkable novel leads you through many different books including a detective adventure, a romance, a satire, an erotic story, a diary and a quest. But the real hero of them all is you, the reader.’Breathtakingly inventive’ David Mitchell’A writer of dizzying ambition and variety, each of his stories is a fresh adventure into the possibilities of fiction’ Guardian
Additional information
| Weight | 0.192 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 1.6 × 12.8 × 19.6 cm |
| by | |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | |
| Pages | 272 |
| Publisher | |
| Year Published | 1992-2-20 |
| Imprint | |
| Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
| ISBN 10 | 0099430894 |
| About The Author | Italo Calvino (Author) 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 Winter's Night a Traveller, Marcovaldo and Mr Palomar. In 1973 he won the prestigious Premio Feltrinelli. He died in 1985. A collection of Calvino's posthumous personal writings, The Hermit in Paris, was published in 2003.William Weaver (Translator) William Weaver has translated Umberto Eco, Italo Svevo, Primo Levi, Italo Calvino and Roberto Calasso, among others. He is a professor at Bard College. |
Ingenious |
|
| Other text | Breathtakingly inventive |
Only logged in customers who have purchased this product may leave a review.
Related products
-
![]()
On backorder 2-5 Weeks to Arrive
18.99 JOD -
![]()
On backorder 2-5 Weeks to Arrive
-
![]()
On backorder 2-5 Weeks to Arrive
10.71 JOD -
![]()
On backorder 2-5 Weeks to Arrive
15.99 JOD
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.