Invisible Cities

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A used English-language edition of *Invisible Cities* details fifty-five fictional cities, each uniquely described and bearing a woman’s name. Marco Polo recounts these cities to Kublai Khan, subtly revealing them as facets of a single city: Venice. This captivating book explores themes of culture, language, time, memory, and the human experience.

About the Author

Italo Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923 and grew up in Italy. He was an essayist and journalist and a member of the editorial staff of Einaudi in Turin. One of the most respected writers of the twentieth century, his best-known works of fiction include Invisible Cities, If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller, Marcovaldo and Mr Palomar. In 1973 he won the prestigious Premio Feltrinelli. He died in 1985. A collection of Calvino’s posthumous personal writings, The Hermit in Paris, was published in 2003.William Weaver has translated Umberto Eco, Italo Svevo, Primo Levi, Italo Calvino and Roberto Calasso, among others. He is a professor at Bard College.

Historical Fiction
9780099429838 ISBN
Italo Calvino Book Author