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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino

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Ted Gioia
Jan 01, 2000
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Sit back and take a look. Consider the text. You may think that you are reading the marketing department’s copy for the back cover, but in fact you are on the opening page. “You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino’s new novel, If on a Winter's Night a Traveler. Relax. Concentrate. Dispel every other thought. Let the world around you fade….” Find a …

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