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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

作者:Calvino, Italo

出版社:Houghton Mifflin

年份:1981

ISBN:9780156439619

書號:00132763

裝訂:平裝

定價:$455

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後現代小說的必讀經典,義大利作家伊塔羅‧卡爾維諾的代表作之一

《如果在冬夜,一個旅人》

 

只不過是讀一本書,卻意外掉進作者和文字的陷阱中?

 

故事的一開始,你正打算坐下來好好欣賞這本伊塔羅‧卡爾維諾的新書《如果在冬夜,一個旅人》,喬好了位子,叫吵人的鄰居安靜,回想了一下剛剛去書店在萬書堆中挑出這本新書,拋開還有一堆書等不及讀的念頭,先專注在這本小說裡,沒想到讀沒幾頁,主角看似正要發生什麼事,這時你卻發現後面的章節缺損,導致根本讀不下去了!

 

於是,氣噗噗的你,只好滿腔怒火前往書店,正準備和店員換一本書,正巧遇上另一個也和你一樣來換書的女子...

 

這是另一場相遇或浪漫戀情的開端?抑或又是作者刻意的安排,再度埋下的伏筆?

 

伊塔羅‧卡爾維諾的作品有些帶有濃烈的寫實主義色彩,並為讀者所樂道,但有些卻格外地難讀,甚至讓讀者根本看不懂,像這本《如果在冬夜,一個旅人》。後現代主義打破所有規則,甚至是對「小說」的所有定義。比起讓讀者陷入自己創造的幻境,卡爾維諾故意讓讀者充分感覺到自己是在「閱讀」這件事,時常打斷敘述,讓讀者意識到彷彿像在跟作者的腦內對話,但故事卻持續進行,於是我們像玩遊戲一樣在被拆解的故事片段裡穿梭,宛如走進一座故事迷宮。

 

閱讀的目的是什麼呢?增廣見聞、豐富知識和心靈、為可歌可泣的史詩故事落淚,但閱讀能不能就單純只是「閱讀」而排除掉其他任何目的?寫作也是,不強求加入嚴謹的歷史考據和可深入分析的人物角色,也拒絕使用華麗的詞藻或艱澀的敘述,故事創作也能像遊戲一樣單純,解構前因後果,打亂排序,或許反而更能激發讀者的思考和想像力。

 

"You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino's new novel...Relax. Concentrate. Dispel every other thought. Let the world around you fade." —from If On A Winter's Night a Traveler

Italo Calvino's stunning classic imagines a novel capable of endless possibilities in an intricately crafted, spellbinding story about writing and reading.

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler is a feat of striking ingenuity and intelligence, exploring how our reading choices can shape and transform our lives. Originally published in 1979, Italo Calvino's singular novel crafted a postmodern narrative like never seen before—offering not one novel but ten, each with a different plot, style, ambience, and author, and each interrupted at a moment of suspense. Together, the stories form a labyrinth of literature known and unknown, alive and extinct, through which two readers pursue the story lines that intrigue them and try to read each other. Deeply profound and surprisingly romantic, this classic is a beautiful meditation on the transformative power of reading and the ways we make meaning in our lives.

作者介紹
ITALO CALVINO (1923–1985) attained worldwide renown as one of the twentieth century’s greatest storytellers. Born in Cuba, he was raised in San Remo, Italy, and later lived in Turin, Paris, Rome, and elsewhere. Among his many works are Invisible CitiesIf on a winters night a travelerThe Baron in the Trees, and other novels, as well as numerous collections of fiction, folktales, criticism, and essays. His works have been translated into dozens of languages.