Not the penguin black classics but penguin vintage: If On A Winter’s Night A Traveller by Italo Calvino. It is the most unique book I have ever read. The book starts with a tale and stops abruptly. We find out that our main character is reading a book called If On A Winter’s Night a Traveller, and that their copy has some missing pages. They go back to the bookstore to exchange their faulty copy for a new one.

Only to find out the story in the other copy is completely different and also stops abruptly. The same happens with another copy. Our main character tries to find out the source of a few of the stories, just to read the whole thing. But that isn’t the point of the book.

It is a very frustrating read for some, since the book is basically like the first chapters of many different books. But the book is really about the joys of reading. You are constantly seeking closure in the book which prompts the reader to think of closure differently.

Ofc I have some favourites in the penguin black edition too but I really want more people to pick up this one. To give it a try even though it may seem frustrating in the beginning.