** spoiler alert ** 
 story or a reader readin the new Italo Calvino book, but not having the subsequent chapters in his misprinted version, Each attempt to continue his read brings him to a new book - which he only gets the opportunity to read the first chapter - almost like a book of short stories - the first lines of each story combine to form a poem... 
 interlaced with this is the readers story, as a romantic interest is introduced as second reader and various other characters are introducedm often frustrating the reader in continuing the book he's reading. 
 most interestingly a man who has taught himself not to read, i.e. not automatically scan and interpret text he sees, and an author, who seems very much Italo Calvino himself, struglling with writing and relationship between writer and reader.