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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100156453800
ISBN-139780156453806
eBay Product ID (ePID)63508
Product Key Features
Book TitleInvisible Cities
Number of Pages176 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1978
TopicWomen Authors, Literary, Action & Adventure, Historical
GenrePoetry, Fiction
AuthorItalo Calvino
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight4.7 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN77-016002
Dewey Edition21
ReviewsOf 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., "Kublai Khan does not necessarily believe everything Marco Polo says when he describes the cities visited on his expeditions, but the emperor of the Tartars does continue listening to the young Venetian with greater attention and curiosity than he shows any other messenger or explorer of his." So begins Italo Calvino's compilation of fragmentary urban images. As Marco tells the khan about Armilla, which "has nothing that makes it seem a city, except the water pipes that rise vertically where the houses should be and spread out horizontally where the floors should be," the spider-web city of Octavia, and other marvelous burgs, it may be that he is creating them all out of his imagination, or perhaps he is recreating details of his native Venice over and over again, or perhaps he is simply recounting some of the myriad possible forms a city might take.
Dewey Decimal853.9/14
SynopsisItalo Calvino's beloved, intricately crafted novel about an Emperor's travels--a brilliant journey across far-off places and distant memory. "Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals something else." In a garden sit the aged Kublai Khan and the young Marco Polo--Mongol emperor and Venetian traveler. Kublai Khan has sensed the end of his empire coming soon. Marco Polo diverts his host with stories of the cities he has seen in his travels around the empire: cities and memory, cities and desire, cities and designs, cities and the dead, cities and the sky, trading cities, hidden cities. As Marco Polo unspools his tales, the emperor detects these fantastic places are more than they appear., Italo Calvino's beloved, intricately crafted novel about an Emperor's travels??--??a brilliant journey across far-off places and distant memory., Italo Calvino's beloved, intricately crafted novel about an Emperor's travels--a brilliant journey across far-off places and distant memory."Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals something else." In a garden sit the aged Kublai Khan and the young Marco Polo--Mongol emperor and Venetian traveler. Kublai Khan has sensed the end of his empire coming soon. Marco Polo diverts his host with stories of the cities he has seen in his travels around the empire: cities and memory, cities and desire, cities and designs, cities and the dead, cities and the sky, trading cities, hidden cities. As Marco Polo unspools his tales, the emperor detects these fantastic places are more than they appear., "Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals something else." -- from Invisible Cities In a garden sit the aged Kublai Khan and the young Marco Polo -- Mongol emperor and Venetian traveler. Kublai Khan has sensed the end of his empire coming soon. Marco Polo diverts his host with stories of the cities he has seen in his travels around the empire: cities and memory, cities and desire, cities and designs, cities and the dead, cities and the sky, trading cities, hidden cities. As Marco Polo unspools his tales, the emperor detects these fantastic places are more than they appear. " Invisible Cities changed the way we read and what is possible in the balance between poetry and prose . . . The book I would choose as pillow and plate, alone on a desert island." -- Jeanette Winterson
LC Classification NumberPQ4809.A45
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- 04. Apr. 2025
Brand new. Looks good. Hope the story is...
Brand new. Looks good. Hope the story is up to the hype.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 19. Mai. 2024
Not the cover pictured above, which I wanted, but the interior is good. Disappointed about the cover.
Not the cover pictured above, which I wanted, but the interior is good. Disappointed about the cover.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 11. Jul. 2018
My fav Calvino
philosophical fiction or fantasy; beautiful translation in prose poetry & recommended if you ever wondered what the Rubaiyat would be like if Borges wrote itBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 16. Dez. 2024
good title
great bookBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 06. Mai. 2023
Invisible Cities
It was a little bent but in good quality.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 06. Jul. 2021
very good
greatBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 07. Jun. 2024
Great, thank you
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