If on a winter’s night a traveler

by

Italo Calvino

Valerian is a friend of the narrator of Without fear of wind or vertigo. In the middle of a threesome involving the narrator, Valerian, and Irina, the narrator gets away and sees that Valerian is holding a signed death warrant for the narrator, but the story abruptly ends before anything can come of it.

Valerian Quotes in If on a winter’s night a traveler

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Without fear of wind or vertigo Quotes

“The real revolution will be when women carry arms.”

Related Characters: Irina (speaker), The Narrator, Lotaria, Uzzi Tuzii, Valerian
Page Number: 87
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Valerian Quotes in If on a winter’s night a traveler

The If on a winter’s night a traveler quotes below are all either spoken by Valerian or refer to Valerian. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Without fear of wind or vertigo Quotes

“The real revolution will be when women carry arms.”

Related Characters: Irina (speaker), The Narrator, Lotaria, Uzzi Tuzii, Valerian
Page Number: 87
Explanation and Analysis: