{"product_id":"if-on-a-winters-night-a-traveller-italo-calvino","title":"If on a Winter's Night a Traveller (Italo Calvino)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA novel built from beginnings...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou buy a book called \u003ci\u003eIf On A Winter's Night a Traveller \u003c\/i\u003eand sit down to read. The story stops mid-sentence. When you find another copy, it contains a different opening. Each attempt to continue leads to a new narrative that breaks off just as it gathers momentum.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the Reader, you set out to track down the missing text. Along the way you encounter Ludmilla, another reader pursuing the same vanished book. What follows is a sequence of interrupted stories: thrillers, romances, political intrigues, each complete in its promise but not in its conclusion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis novel turns reading itself into the central drama. The search for the next chapter becomes the plot. Every ending leads back to another beginning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Breathtakingly inventive' David Mitchell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A writer of dizzying ambition and variety, each of his stories is a fresh adventure into the possibilities of fiction' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS: Bound to be beautiful\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eItalo 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 \u003ci\u003eInvisible Cities\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIf on a Winter's Night a Traveller\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMarcovaldo\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMr Palomar\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1973 he won the prestigious Premio Feltrinelli. He died in 1985. A collection of Calvino's posthumous personal writings, \u003ci\u003eThe Hermit in Paris\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2003.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Hardcover), Englisch, 288 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65795105653085,"sku":"K096949125","price":18.7,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9694912500001A.jpg?v=1788398943","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/if-on-a-winters-night-a-traveller-italo-calvino","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}