A Novel of the Same Name

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"A book full of beginnings is certainly a pitch," the author says. "What i liked more about this book are like, little moments or turns of phrase that stand out as meditations on reading" The novel to be read is superimposed by a possible novel to be lived - and it's an experience wrapped up in its own story.

Sometimes a book is so meta it sort of breaks your brain! How to talk about a book that is all beginnings and no ends? How to discuss a book that enlists You, the Reader, in its chicanery? We try to get on the wavelength with Calvino's text. You be the judge of if we get there.

Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.

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