If on a winter’s night a traveler

by

Italo Calvino

If on a winter’s night a traveler Symbols

Books

Calvino’s If on a winter’s night a traveler is a book about books, and in it, books symbolize knowledge—specifically how the truth can appear simple on the surface but becomes complicated and fragmented upon…

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Trains

The trains that appear in this novel, most prominently in the titular If on a winter’s night a traveler, symbolize how reading is a journey that can transport readers to new and unexpected places…

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