Italo Calvino’s 'If on a winter's night a traveler' is a quintessential postmodern novel because:
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Correct answer: It consists of multiple interrupted opening chapters, each addressing 'You' the reader directly
Calvino's novel is a masterpiece of metafiction. It interrupts its own narrative repeatedly, forcing the reader to reflect on the nature of reading, desire, and the frustration of incomplete stories.
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