Italo Calvino

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This text is an examination of Italo Calvino's two texts 'Invisible Cities' and 'If on a Winter's Night a Traveller'. This paper discusses how both texts explore the theme of illusion versus reality and each offers instances of this phenomenon taking place. If there is a significant difference between the two texts - aside from their subject matter - it lies in the writing techniques Calvino employs to create his desired effect.

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"Italo Calvino's two texts, Invisible Cities and If on a Winter's Night a Traveller, both deal with the theme of illusion versus reality. This paper will explore the concepts of illusion versus reality as they occur within each text and explain how Calvino's writing style can be explained with regards to each text. With that in mind, it is to a discussion of Calvino's two popular and critically-acclaimed texts that this paper now turns. To begin with, Calvino's Invisible Cities is written in such a way as to create a sort of dreamscapes of the mind. "

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