{"product_id":"if-on-a-winters-night-a-traveler-introduction-by-peter-washington","title":"If on a Winter's Night a Traveler: Introduction by Peter Washington","description":"\u003ch1\u003eIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler: Introduction by Peter Washington\u003c\/h1\u003eItalo Calvino\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Everyman's Library\u003cbr\u003eJune 1 1993\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9780679420255\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 0679420258\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction by Peter Washington; Translation by William Weaver\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eItalo Calvino's masterpiece combines a love story and a detective story into an exhilarating allegory of reading, in which the reader of the book becomes the book's central character.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on a witty analogy between the reader's desire to finish the story and the lover's desire to consummate his or her passion, IF ON A WINTER'S NIGHT A TRAVELER is the tale of two bemused readers whose attempts to reach the end of the same book--IF ON A WINTER'S NIGHT A TRAVELER, by Italo Calvino, of course--are constantly and comically frustrated. In between chasing missing chapters of the book, the hapless readers tangle with an international conspiracy, a rogue translator, an elusive novelist, a disintegrating publishing house, and several oppressive governments. The result is a literary labyrinth of storylines that interrupt one another--an Arabian Nights of the postmodern age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67393030357037,"sku":"WHS-97fabc71c5094efb88255657a6725680","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_6ec5c5f4-b326-4b34-8ce5-4db568cd0ea5.jpg?v=1787370658","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/if-on-a-winters-night-a-traveler-introduction-by-peter-washington","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}