If on a winter’s night a traveler by Italo Calvino First Edition Paperback

A playful, labyrinthine masterpiece that turns the act of reading into the story itself. Structured as a series of interrupted novels, If on a winter’s night a traveler places the reader directly at the center of the narrative, constantly beginning again and never quite reaching closure. Calvino blends metafiction, mystery, romance, and philosophical inquiry to explore desire, authorship, trust, and the pleasure of storytelling. Witty, inventive, and deeply self-aware, this novel is both a love letter to books and a sly examination of how and why we read. Ideal for readers drawn to experimental fiction, literary puzzles, and postmodern classics.