A review by jhamm
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino

challenging funny mysterious fast-paced

5.0

Utterly brilliant. Completely challenged my perspective on what a story can and should be. Excellently written and has much insightful information and thematic pondering on the art of reading and writing conveyed in a clever and playful combination that never feels condescending. The ending is pretty cute too, and I love the slow escalation of the zaniness.

All in all, your appreciation of this novel will probably depend on how much you love literature and are open to a plot detailing the very nature of the relationship between book and reader. I for one very much enjoyed it.