{"product_id":"if-on-a-winters-night-a-traveler-isbn-9780679420255","title":"If on a Winter's Night a Traveler","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction by Peter Washington; Translation by  William Weaver\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eItalo 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased 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.\u003c\/p\u003e“[Italo Calvino is] one of the world’s best fabulists.”\u003cbr\u003e—John Gardner, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Calvino is a wizard.”\u003cbr\u003e—Mary McCarthy, NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Calvino] manages to charm and entertain the reader in the teeth of a scheme designed to frustrate all reasonable readerly expectations.”\u003cbr\u003e—John Updike, THE NEW YORKER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Calvino is that very rare phenomenon, a true original . . . If on a winter’s 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.”\u003cbr\u003e—from the Introduction by Peter WashingtonItalo Calvino's works include\u003cb\u003e Numbers in the Dark\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Road to San Giovanni\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eSix Memos for the Next Millennium\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Baron in the Trees\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eIf on a Winter's Night a Traveller\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eInvisible Cities\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eMarcovaldo\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eMr. Palomar\u003c\/b\u003e. He died in 1985.","brand":"Everyman's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302071816421,"sku":"NP9780679420255","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679420255.jpg?v=1767729786","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/if-on-a-winters-night-a-traveler-isbn-9780679420255","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}