finished reading Invisible Cities 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕
So humbling in its immense creativity and captivating writing. So immersive in its rendering of all that could be otherwise, the world of imagination and dreams and nightmares. So provocative in its resonance of the myriad lives of all peoples, all struggles and passions, laughter and cries. A book to feast upon as many times as I can afford in this life - it is said it's a different book every time you come back to it, and I'm already wondering what's it going to taste like next time.
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Le Città Invisibili
9.4 (23 ratings)
author:
Italo Calvino
translator:
William Weaver
publishing house:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
1978
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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 Vidal). Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
One of the world's best storytellers, Italo Calvino (Invisible Cities) pinpoints for future generations the universal values for literature. Here are his works, methods, intentions, and hopes.
One of the world's best storytellers, Italo Calvino (Invisible Cities) pinpoints for future generations the universal values for literature. Here are his works, methods, intentions, and hopes.