If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

An ode to reading/books, this book reveals how passionate Calvino was about books, the art of reading, censorship and literary translation. These themes seemed very apt with the plot itself. even with all of these, this book has its fair share of shortcomings especially the alienation of anyone who isn't heterosexual male, the second-person narrative in the later chapter seemed rather exhausting and out of touch, this review has described this issue perfectly in my opinion. Also, his fragmented bits of each named chapter seemed like a knack for pushing the boundaries of how fiction can be written and it personally didn't seem appealing or very groundbreaking to me.

overall 3 stars/5. would recommend it to anyone who is looking for an avant-garde/experimental fiction.