If on a winter's night a traveler
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If on a winter's night a traveler
Italo Calvino
6 people recommended it in 5 threads, 2007–2024.
What people on Hacker News said
It's the only book I've ever read in the second person, an amazing and successful experiment in form. I've never found anything else like it.
The most "meta" book I've ever read. Fantastic approach to the methods of narrative in novel and kind of an homage to Borges and Bulgakov among other masters.
Where it comes up
- Ask HN: What is the most mind blowing book you've ever read? 2015 · 2 recommendations
- Ask HN: What are the best books you've ever read? 2024 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Books you read in 2023 and recommend for 2024? 2023 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Mind bending books to read and never be the same as before? 2020 · 1 recommendation
- Ask YC: favorite books 2007 · 1 recommendation