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Invisible Cities

By Italo Calvino, William Weaver (Translator)

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| Paperback | 9780156453806

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Imaginary conversations between Marco Polo and his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan, conjure up cities of magical times. “Of all tasks, describing the contents of a book is the most difficult and in the case of a marvelous invention like Invisible Cities, perfectly irrelevant” (Gore VContinue

Imaginary conversations between Marco Polo and his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan, conjure up cities of magical times. “Of all tasks, describing the contents of a book is the most difficult and in the case of a marvelous invention like Invisible Cities, perfectly irrelevant” (Gore Vidal). Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

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    Invisible Cities, by Italo Calvino, Brace and Jovanovich, 1974, cover by Arnold Skolnick Invisible Cities is a conversation between emperor and wanderer. Venetian explorer Marco Polo describes 55 cities he has visited during his travels across the Mo ... (read full critics)

    ft published on Mon, 14 Mar 2011

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  • A collection of beautiful, poetic descriptions of impossible cities. Sometimes humorous, sometimes saddening, always inventive.

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