If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Everyman's Library) (HB) By Italo Calvino, William Weaver (Translator)

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Everyman's Library) (HB) By Italo Calvino, William Weaver (Translator)Calvino's dazzling post modernist masterpiece combines a love story, a detective story and a sardonic dissection of the publishing industry in a scintillating allegory of reading. Based on a witty analogy between the reader's desire to finish the story and the lover's desire to consummate his or her passion, If on a Winter's Night is the tale of two bemused readers whose attempts to reach the end of same book If on a Winter's Night by Italo Calvino

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Tracy reveals time-tested tricks of the trade that readers can use to present powerfully and speak persuasively

persistence and dignity masterfully evokes a man's quest for autonomy against the backdrop of post-colonial Trinidad

turn off lightbulbs by spouting jets of water

however it is defined or measured—go hand-in-hand

as day by day Santiago edges closer to freedom

The different branches of hatha yoga

stayed at home

learning to balance your feelings will boost your emotional agility

is normally a mishmash of gossip and covert cruelty

using the controversial 'Intuitionist' method of ascertaining elevator safety

a rescued nun and a thief who leads a charmed life