If on a Winter's Night a Traveller
Italian novelist, 1923–1985.
If on a Winter's Night a Traveller is a 1979 novel by Italo Calvino, translated from Italian.
On 2 of the 11 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Italo Calvino
- First published
- 1979
- Length
- 272 pages (UK paperback)
- Original language
- Translated from Italian
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Postmodern, Love story
Is If on a Winter's Night a Traveller worth reading?
2 of the 11 best-of lists it could have made include it: 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph) and The 100 greatest novels of all time (The Observer).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph, 2009) | No. 69 | See the list |
| The 100 greatest novels of all time (The Observer, 2003) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of If on a Winter's Night a Traveller
The edition we link to is the Vintage Classics paperback (1992), 272 pages, translated by William Weaver.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics (paperback, 1992)
- Pages
- 272
- Translator
- William Weaver
- ISBN
- 9780099430896
How critics and readers rate If on a Winter's Night a Traveller
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 28% of the points available on critics' lists, against 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work