If on a winter's night a traveller

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext A new edition of the remarkable Italian postmodern novel, first published in 1979, from the author of "Invisible Cities". 'Breathtakingly inventive' David Mitchell Zusammenfassung You go into a bookshop and buy If on a Winter's Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino. 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.

Product details

• Authors: Italo Calvino
• Assisted by: William Weaver (Translation), Weaver William (Translation)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 20.02.1992
• EAN: 9780099430896
• ISBN: 978-0-09-943089-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; Vintage Classics New Look; Vintage Classics; Vintage Classics New Look
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Italienische SchriftstellerInnen; Werke (div.), Romance, FICTION / General, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION / Romance / General, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945), Satirical fiction and parodies, FICTION / World Literature / Italy