Invisible Cities

Calvino, Italo

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Each time he returns from his travels, Marco Polo is invited by Kublai Khan to describe the cities he has visited. But Calvino is describing only one city – Venice. Invisible Cities has been described as Calvino’s most beautiful work.

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Publish Date: 07/03/2002

Description

‘A subtle and beautiful meditation’ Sunday Times

In Invisible Cities Marco Polo conjures up cities of magical times for his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan, but gradually it becomes clear that he is actually describing one city: Venice. As Gore Vidal wrote ‘Of all tasks, describing the contents of a book is the most difficult and in the case of a marvellous invention like Invisible Cities, perfectly irrelevant.’

Additional information

Weight 117 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 10 mm
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Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

148

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

853.914 (edition:21)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K