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A review by jillysmith
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
challenging
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
This isn't a story so much as a mediation on why we write stories and how they are consumed. Strangely prescient in the age of AI as it ruminates on plagiarism, automated reading, and the publishing industry. A product of its time in terms of misogyny etc, and frustrating when it jumps from story to story, but definitely an unforgettable treatise on the adventure of reading
Moderate: Rape and War