If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller gives the reader the impression that there must be a system at play and gives up some of its secrets easily. However, there remains a persistent feeling, after reading each section, that there are other connections - threads of deliberate meaning - between them all that slip through your fingers as you desperately try to clutch more and more fragments passing by.

It's one of my favorite books precisely because it generates this feeling and led me to Perec's Life: A User's Manual among other fantastic works.

_aavaa_4 days ago | | | parent | | on: 47725958
You will likely enjoy this discussion of Calvino’s work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI16Txc7x1s
kelseyfrog4 days ago | | | parent | | on: 47726643
Definitely! That's what kicked off my interest :)
dang4 days ago | | | parent | | on: 47726643
Also mentioned here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35197000 (March 2023)

windowliker4 days ago | | | parent | | on: 47725958
>[...] and led me to Perec's Life: A User's Manua

For people who may be unfamiliar with this (excellent) connection: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oulipo

ghstinda4 days ago | | | parent | | on: 47725958
It is also one of my favorite books. Magical writing.