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A review by apollinares
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
I think I need to sit and think this one over; a lot of it surely went over my head on the first read.
It's a frame narrative, an exploration of what it means to be a reader and an author, but it's also more than that. It's dense, and strange, and some of it did not age so well, but still it made me think - and ultimately, what else is art for, if not to make its audience think?
It's a frame narrative, an exploration of what it means to be a reader and an author, but it's also more than that. It's dense, and strange, and some of it did not age so well, but still it made me think - and ultimately, what else is art for, if not to make its audience think?