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If on a winter's night a traveler / Italo Calvino ; translated from the Italian by William Weaver.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Series: Harvest/HBJ bookPublication details: New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ©1981.Edition: 1st edDescription: 260 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0151436894
  • 9780151436897
  • 0156439611
  • 9780156439619
Uniform titles:
  • Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore. English
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: If on a winter's night a traveler.; Online version:: If on a winter's night a traveler.LOC classification:
  • PQ4809.A45 S3713
Summary: Calvino shows that the novel, far from being a dead form, is capable of endless mutations. 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.
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks PQ4809.A45S3713 1981 Available 33710001230130

A novel.

Translation of: Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore.

"A Helen and Kurt Wolff book."

Calvino shows that the novel, far from being a dead form, is capable of endless mutations. 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.