Invisible Cities (Vintage Classics) -Italo Calvino (Paperback)
Product details
- Publisher : RHUK; Latest edition (2 October 1997)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 160 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0099429837
- ISBN-13 : 978-0099429838
- Reading age : Baby and up
- Item Weight : 117 g
- Dimensions : 12.9 x 1 x 19.8 cm
- Country of Origin : United Kingdom\
- Condition : New
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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 marvellous invention like Invisible Cities, perfectly irrelevant.'
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.
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