Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

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'A subtle and beautiful meditation' Sunday TimesIn Invisible Cities Marco Polo conjures up cities of magical times for his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan, but gradually it bec omes 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.'; 160 pages; Published: 02/10/1997 Show more