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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 marvelous invention like "Invisible Cities", perfectly irrelevant'.
| ISBN | 0099429837 | | Weight (grammes) | 131 | | ISBN13 | 9780099429838
(What's this?) | | Published in | London | | Publisher | Vintage | | Series title | Vintage classics | | Imprint | Vintage | | Previous ISBN | 9780749397647 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 200 | | Publication date | 02 Oct 1997 | | Width (mm) | 131 | | DEWEY | 853.914 | | Spine width (mm) | 12 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | General | | Pages | 176 | |
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'The most beautiful of his books throws up ideas, allusions, and breathtaking imaginative insights on almost every page. Each time he returns from his travels, Marco Polo is invited by Kublai Khan to describe the cities he has visited...Although he makes Marco Polo summon up many cities for the Khan's imagination to feed on, Calvino is describing only one city in this book. Venice, that decaying heap of incomparable splendour, still stands as substantial evidence of man's ability to create something perfect out of chaos' Paul Bailey Times Literary Supplement  Be the first to write a customer review
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