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Relishing the whiff of books

Let's dive into the world of books and learn about some interesting crafts of all time!

World Book and Copyright Day is an event on April 23, organised by UNESCO to promote reading, publishing and copyright. Let’s dive into the world of books and learn about some interesting crafts of all time!

1.The protagonist of this novel is none other than you yourself, the reader. The novel by Italo Calvino is about the protagonist’s (your) attempt to finish reading the novel that you have started. However, problems keep cropping up, obstructing you from your goal. Identify.

2.How can a woman survive in this big, bad world? Such is the premise of this book published in 1953 by author Donald Rogers in which husbands explains things like life insurance, investments, real estate policies, and taxes to their clueless wives. Identify.

3.This novel by Walter Abish has a first chapter containing only words that begin with the letter ‘A’. The second chapter begin with ‘B’ and the third with ‘C’ words, and so on to chapter twenty-six. It tells a tale of jewel thieves seeking a female partner, who has fled to Africa. Identify.

4. This book by Luigi Serfini is an encyclopedia for an imaginary world, written in a made up language. No one has been able to decipher the writing. The illustrations are surreal: a couple morphing into a crocodile, bleeding fruit, fish that are also human eyes. Identify.

5. This book by James Joyce is one of the most difficult works of fiction. It attempt to recreate the experience of sleep and dreams. The book ends mid-sentence, and begins with the end of that same half-finished sentence, and is a mix of different levels of dream logic. Identify.

Answers:
1. If on a winter’s night a traveller
2. Teach Your Wife To Be A Widow
3. Alphabetical Africa
4. Codex Seraphinianus
5. Finnegans Wake

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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