If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Italo Calvino
- First Published: 1979
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Antistory
- Time of Work: The late twentieth century
- Setting: An unnamed city
- Genres: Long fiction, Antistory
- Subjects: Authors or writers, Marriage, Books, Reading
Characters Discussed
The Narrator, who is unnamed and physically undescribed. The Narrator may be a single person or as many as eleven different writers, each the author of a separate novel, including the encompassing book (supposedly written by Italo Calvino). Each of the novels is told by a person who might plausibly be called the Narrator. The Prime Narrator is the author of the book that enfolds the other ten, and his main theme is the relationship between writers and readers. He is an open and friendly fellow, addressing the Reader (another character) directly, giving...
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Italo Calvino (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Italo Calvino (Short Fiction)Italo Calvino (Long Fiction)
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