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Any interests in books applying 'metafiction?'

Have you read If Upon a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italio Calvino?

"The postmodernist narrative, in the form of a frame story, is about the reader trying to read a book called If on a winter's night a traveler. Each chapter is divided into two sections. The first section of each chapter is in second person, and describes the process the reader goes through to attempt to read the next chapter of the book they are reading. The second half is the first part of a new book that the reader ("you") finds. The second half is always about something different from the previous ones."
If on a winter's night a traveler - Wikipedia


Calvino is beyond awesome!
 
Although listed as 'non-fiction' "Understanding Comics" explains comics by using the comic form itself. It breaks the fourth wall then leads the reader into micro stories / explanations that both illustrate and demonstrate what makes comics unique as an art form.

The reader experiences things like time shifts, location and viewpoint changes, action, identification while at the same time the book points out to the reader how the author and the reader are creating these sensations together, collaboratively.

I found it a dazzling read and had to pace myself as it gets very meta and thought provoking at times.
Understanding Comics - Wikipedia
 
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