If on a winter's night a traveler

Author Name: Italo Calvino

It is considered one of the most beautiful novels in the world, whose protagonist is the reader of the novel, searching for the completion of the awaited event, which never completes, and the ever-incomplete novels, and the ambiguous essence of authors. It is as if "incompleteness" is the essence of the world, or the novel, and as if "completion" is a mirage and an illusory idea. A novel unlike any previous literary creations in the world, and unlike - in any way - Calvino's previous creations, or - even - touching upon them, as if it is an unparalleled peak, the pinnacle of creativity and narrative and cultural consciousness, together. And a translation that managed to decipher the code of structural difficulty and complexity into the utmost possible smoothness, in Arabic, accomplished skillfully by Hussam Ibrahim, in a remarkable addition to the Arab library. Italo Calvino is one of the most famous modern Italian novelists. He was born in Havana in 1923 and died in Siena, Italy, in 1985. He resisted fascism in his youth, and his creative works were characterized by sarcasm, and among his most important works are: The Baron in the Trees - The Castle of Crossed Destinies - If on a Winter's Night a Traveler - Italian Folktales. A novel unlike any previous literary creations in the world, and unlike - in any way - Calvino's previous creations, or - even - touching upon them, as if it is the peak of creativity and narrative and cultural consciousness, together. The translation managed to decipher the code of difficulty and complexity into the utmost possible smoothness, in Arabic, accomplished skillfully by Hussam Ibrahim, in a remarkable addition to the Arab library.