{"product_id":"if-on-a-winters-night-a-traveller","title":"If on a Winter's Night a Traveller","description":"                                            'Breathtakingly inventive' David Mitchell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou go into a bookshop and buy \u003ci\u003eIf on a Winter's Night a Traveller\u003c\/i\u003e by Italo Calvino. You like it. But alas there is a printer's error in your copy. You take it back to the shop and get a replacement. But the replacement seems to be a totally different story. You try to track down the original book you were reading but end up with a different narrative again. This remarkable novel leads you through many different books including a detective adventure, a romance, a satire, an erotic story, a diary and a quest. But the real hero is you, the reader.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eItalo Calvino (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Italo Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923 and grew up in Italy. He was an essayist and journalist and a member of the editorial staff of Einaudi in Turin. One of the most respected writers of the twentieth century, his best-known works of fiction include \u003ci\u003eInvisible Cities\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIf on a Winter's Night a Traveller\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMarcovaldo\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMr Palomar\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1973 he won the prestigious Premio Feltrinelli. He died in 1985. A collection of Calvino's posthumous personal writings, \u003ci\u003eThe Hermit in Paris\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2003. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Weaver (Translator) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e William Weaver has translated Umberto Eco, Italo Svevo, Primo Levi, Italo Calvino and Roberto Calasso, among others. He is a professor at Bard College.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n                                        ","brand":"If on a Winter's Night a Traveller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42283597988031,"sku":"9780099430896","price":23.4,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/1689\/8751\/products\/w-ll8oh4TXoKLyUoWU7VrmfaOz23mEhbXGMZUdQvR8Ak6A_60_60.jpg?v=1679036980","url":"https:\/\/www.popweasel.co.nz\/products\/if-on-a-winters-night-a-traveller","provider":"Pop Weasel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}