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by Italo Calvino
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Literatus jottings
Literatus jottings rated it 7 years ago
An exercise in parody You are about to read அரவிந்தாக்க்ஷன் review of calvino’s work. Ask your people not to call you for any reason whatsoever for next few minutes.You are reading this since Calvino’s work interest you. You have read all his other works except this. You have read about it Somew...
theguywhoreads
theguywhoreads rated it 8 years ago
You are about to read Italo Calvino's If on a Winter's Night a Traveller that you bought from your favorite book store. As you turn to the first chapter, you realize you are reading you. You begin to read a description of you and what you would do in the book. You realize you are going through the b...
xndrme
xndrme rated it 9 years ago
Well, it's what you always wanted: to be part of the book you are reading, to read about yourself.
Domhnall
Domhnall rated it 10 years ago
It's that time of year again, when I buy a list of books I liked the look of as presents, but feel unable to let go of them without opening the covers, then carefully turning the pages, then continuing... I am a careful reader, the pages are not spoiled, the cover is not damaged. But my reading ha...
The Book Magpie's Nest
The Book Magpie's Nest rated it 10 years ago
What the fuck did I just read
PSR's Book Blog
PSR's Book Blog rated it 10 years ago
This was every bit as good as the last time that I read it. For me, this is an 'event book', one of those novels that divides reading into a before and after. Wikipedia quotes David Mitchell as saying that the book has dated and is less impressive than it was. I suspect that I know which writer's wo...
Sarah's Library
Sarah's Library rated it 10 years ago
23/8 - The blurb on GR makes me think the book is going to be a cross between Robin Sloan's Mr Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore and a book from Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series - books within books, characters aware that they are being read, and a detective story all at the same time. Sounds crazy w...
Lovica
Lovica rated it 10 years ago
It's been too long since I actually read this book to give an in depth review. Instead, I'm left with impressions. Vague memories of beautiful passages, striking imagery, and a book that satisfies on many levels. This was my first experience with Calvino, and I became an instant fan. One of my all-t...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 11 years ago
bookshelves: one-penny-wonder, italy, paper-read, winter-20112012, published-1979, books-about-books-and-book-shops, amusing, little-green-men, too-sexy-for-maiden-aunts, shortstory-shortstories-novellas, incest-agameforallthefamily Read from January 11 to 13, 2012 My Private Notes: hattip: http:/...
Url Phantomhive
Url Phantomhive rated it 11 years ago
You, The Reader, are standing in a huge Waterstones in London. You're not planning to buy more books, because you still have to take a plane home, and you have limited space in you're luggage left. You're waiting for some one, and as you wait, your eyes go over a table filled with books. One of them...
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