This paper is a study of the novel Se um viajante numa noite de inverno (1979). This work was originally published in Italy in 1979 by Italo Calvino. Our study is based in the light of the theoretical framework proposed by the semiotician Umberto Eco, especially from his work Interpretation and Overinterpretation (2001). Assuming that the narrative construction of the reffered 'hyper-novel' of Calvin, we can be approximated to the theory advocated by Eco, the main point of contact between these seemingly distinct authors is in fact that both dedicated themselves to think, incisively the question of the interpretation of literary texts. Thus, the process of the making of the groundbreaking novel Calvin was attractive for further study of the work from a critical analysis and interpretation of the interpretation of the work of these prominent authors. Through the contrast of these books is noticed, especially in the work of Calvin that his main objective was to conduct a review of literature itself. Nevertheless, the comparative analysis of the works exemplified through their styles as different from one another , disruption suffered by calviniana scripture , so that Calvin himself breaks the paradigm of traditional perspective of reading as Eco suggests rethinking the understanding of literary texts going beyond appearance.