Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino (English) Paperback Book

Description: Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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 Khans 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 mans ability to create something perfect out of chaos Paul Bailey Times Literary Supplement Notes New edition. This title is only available from Vintage Classics. Author Biography Italo Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923. He grew up in Italy. He was an essayist and journalist and a member of the editorial staff of Einaudi in Turin. In 1973 he won the prestigious Premio Feltrinelli. He died in 1985 Review 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 Khans 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 mans ability to create something perfect out of chaos -- Paul Bailey * Times Literary Supplement * Invisible Cities is perhaps his most beautiful work-the artist seems to have made peace with the tension between mans ideas of the many and the one * New York Review of Books * Whole chapters of unforced poetic prose in which insight and fantasy are perfectly matched-an exquisite world * Observer * 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 so important for thinking about the rich layers of life around us, our frailties, how we question and how we find meaning. * Red * Promotional A subtle and beautiful meditation Sunday Times 20020220 Kirkus UK Review This is an infuriating and exquisite fantasy which takes outrageous liberties with maps. Marco Polo is brought before the Kublai Khan and obliged to describe 55 of the cities he has encountered on his journeys. There is the earth-hating town of Baucis where everything is raised on stilts, the spiderweb city of Octavia, the woven metropolis of Eudoxia where citizens are lost among the cloth and threads... Of course, youll not find any of these mesmerizing places in an atlas unless it is an atlas of daydreams. These are cities far too playful and beguiling to be real. (Kirkus UK) Review Text so important for thinking about the rich layers of life around us, our frailties, how we question and how we find meaning. Review Quote so important for thinking about the rich layers of life around us, our frailties, how we question and how we find meaning. Promotional "Headline" A subtle and beautiful meditation Sunday Times Details ISBN0099429837 Year 1997 ISBN-10 0099429837 ISBN-13 9780099429838 Format Paperback Publication Date 1997-10-02 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from Italian Edited by William Weaver DEWEY 853.914 Birth 1923 Death 1985 Author Italo Calvino Media Book Tag vintageclassics Language English Translator William Weaver Publisher Vintage Publishing Pages 160 Series Vintage Classics DOI 10.1604/9780099429838 Audience General/Trade UK Release Date 1997-10-02 AU Release Date 1997-10-02 NZ Release Date 1997-10-02 Imprint Vintage Classics We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:1124354;

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