If on a winter’s night a traveler
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009“Do you believe that every story must have a beginning and an end? In ancient times a story could end only in two ways: having passed all the tests, the hero and the heroine married, or else they died. The ultimate meaning to which all stories refer has two faces: The continuity of life, the inevitability of death.”
Italo Calvino – If on a winter’s night a traveler – 1979, (English translation 1981). Excerpt from the paragraph before the last.
The last paragraph:
“You stop for a moment to reflect on these words. Then, in a flash, you decide you want to marry Ludmilla”.
THE END (of the book)