Book 1.4 If on a winter’s night… The Male Gaze
The main character in If on a winter’s night a traveler is “You,” the reader. As I wrote before, this isn’t unlike the old Choose Your Own Adventure books where the hero was actually “You,” the person reading the book. (Some other books that do the “second-person” thing are Robbins’ Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas … Continue reading
Book 1.2 If on a winter’s night a traveler
Reading about yourself reading the book. Calvino’s If on a winter’s night a traveler opens with an eye-widening phrase: “You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino’s new novel, If on a winter’s night a traveler.” That’s true, I think to myself. Then the author uses polite directives on how to read his book. … Continue reading
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