As a locomotive huffs, steam from a piston obscures the opening of the first chapter of this novel, in which a policeman uses the codeword "Zeno of Elea" while telling another character to keep holding onto a suitcase.
As a locomotive huffs, steam from a piston obscures the opening of the first chapter of this novel, in which a policeman uses the codeword "Zeno of Elea" while telling another character to keep holding onto a suitcase. One character in this work reads books with the help of a computer that makes ($) frequency counts of all words used in the novel. That character is the sister of an attractive girl this novel's protagonist meets in a bookstore, and it ends with those two lying in a bed together reading. Chapter names in this book like "in a (*) network of lines that intersect" and "Outside the town of Malbork" are combined at the end to form a sentence beginning with this novel's title. This novel begins by telling you that you are about to read it, and gives you advice on how to get comfortable for that task. For ten points, identify this novel by Italo Calvino.
As a locomotive huffs, steam from a piston obscures the opening of the first chapter of this novel, in which a policeman uses the codeword "Zeno of Elea" while telling another character to keep holding onto a suitcase.
{If on a winter’s night a traveler} (or {Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore})