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Heavily second the Italo Calvino recommendation. Although I love Invisible Cities, I think "If on a winter's night a traveler" is probably even better for the
by shipstar 16y ago
Heavily second the Italo Calvino recommendation. Although I love Invisible Cities, I think "If on a winter's night a traveler" is probably even better for the technically minded. It's somewhat recursive in structure, as the book is actually about reading itself. Highly recommended.
- mquander 16y agoI have a soft spot for The Castle of Crossed Destinies, whose imaginative structure I'm sure would appeal to any systematic kind of mind.