Translated from the Italian by William Weaver "If on a Winter's Night a Traveler" by Italo Calvino is a metafictional novel about a Reader (the "You") who attempts to read the titular novel but finds their copy is misprinted, leading them through a series of ten incomplete, distinct literary genres. The Reader's quest to find the true story intertwines with that of the Other Reader, Ludmilla, creating a labyrinthine exploration of storytelling, authorship, and the elusive nature of the perfect novel, ultimately questioning the very act of reading and narrative structure. The novel explores the reader's expectations, desires, and how they engage with stories, highlighting the subjective and transformative nature of the reading experience. This exhilarating interactive novel--in which the reader, lured into the text by the enticements of Italo Calvino's splendid intelligence, turns into the book's central character, was its author's triumphant response to the question of whether the art of fiction could survive the vast changes taking place in the communications technology of our world. To rear are brief biographies of translator & introducer plus list of publisher's series titles.