Calvino's fresh perspective
Your attention, as reader, is now completely concentrated on the woman, already for several pages you have been circling around her, I have--no, the author has--been circling around the feminine presence, for several pages you have been expecting this female shadow to take shape the way female shadows take shape on the written page, and it is your expectation, reader, that drives the author toward her ... (Calvino, If on a winter's night a traveler 21)
I have never seen a writer toy with the idea of the reader-author relationship as Calvino does in his novel. I love the honesty of his hooks, the way he interests you (the reader) by reading your thoughts and teasing you with vague references to what you want. He even gives you an active role in his story, explaining that you are the driving force behind the author's decisions.