“The novel begins in a railway station, a locomotive huffs, steam from a piston covers the opening of the chapter, a cloud of smoke hides part of the first paragraph.”
Italo Calvino, If on a winter’s night a traveler
Books, bookshops, libraries… The reviews and imaginary adventures of an Italian bookworm living in Dublin
“The novel begins in a railway station, a locomotive huffs, steam from a piston covers the opening of the chapter, a cloud of smoke hides part of the first paragraph.”
Italo Calvino, If on a winter’s night a traveler