Robert Stevens

I'll have to say, Calvino is a very descrptive and creative writer. He writes the story about himself, but from your perspective. The first chapter is completely directed at you, generally over whether or not the story is even worth reading. He then proceeds to tell the story from a hindsight-perspective, but in a very informal way. Almost as if he were sitting somewhere with you and discussing his past. According to the back of the book, this is not one novel, but 10? That definately took some talent to put together. There is definately a recurring pattern here for novels that go against the norm, much like House of Leaves did.