If On A Winter's Night A Traveler

It is gimmicky and makes no attempt to hide it and Calvino revels in it. It is a very good book regardless of it having a gimmick and it is impressive what he can do with it. It is a very charming and humorous read and you'll find conspiracies, paranoia, humor abound and a lot of musings on books.

Probably in my top 3 books read this year.

Can anyone place all the real-life analogs of the authors in the book? So far I've got Mishima, Flann O'brien and Nabokov

>>9904459
>you checked it out from the library but you don't have the time to read it just yet. you intend to start it in the next few weeks. you want to know, is it good or is it gimmicky?
>an anon approaches you on the matter
>you understand he's put it in his top three books read this year but you discern something within the text that suggest he spends more time in train stations than an adult man not employed by the transport authority should.
>you are unsure how to proceed which is probably the best course of action considering the preceding.
>you consider the possibility that this stranger is hanging out in train stations because he's some kind of pervert who values free wifi more than dignity as things proceed with or without you

>>9904459
I just finished it yesterday, actually. Found it for $3 which was nice.

Agree with pretty much everything >>9904486 says about it, though I must admit I can't imagine being as blown away by it on subsequent reads.

>>9904486
>>9904527
cool, thanks.

>>9904524
kek

>>9904459
It teaches you the joy of reading through the constant cockteasing in the interchapters and it gets very Pynchonesque towards the end. I would highly recommend it

>>9904885
Was the stuff with the car chase supposed to be Pynchon?

>>9904926
The conspiracies and their counter-conspiracies, goverment spies taking on multiple identities and the progressing po-mo weirdness in particular

>>9904885
>>9904926
>>9905135

im just getting into Pynchon now.. i love that kind of humor but it actually got to the point where it made me uncomfortable (the car chase etc).. which is a merit in itself

>>9904459
This isn't a video game you fucking spastic.