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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

by Italo Calvino

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#292

4.4 (5 reviews)
Pages
260

Italo Calvino imagines a novel capable of endless mutations in this intricately crafted story about writing and readers. 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, and each interrupted at a moment of suspense. Together they form a labyrinth of literatures, known and unknown, alive and extinct, through which...

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In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines—puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune.

Reader Reviews (5)

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Portia

Feb 21st, 2018

forline

Jan 5th, 2018

This is brilliant but maybe too brilliant for me...I got confused a lot and maybe because I kept trying to figure them all out but should have just gone with the flow..??

bryanoz

Jun 19th, 2015

HananZ6

Aug 1st, 2013

Warning: This book requires more than one read.

The most fascinating thing about Calvino's novel is that YOU are the main character (in a sense). It can be very confusing at the beginning but once you get the hang of it, you'll love it!

Keith

Jul 30th, 2013