Invisible Cities
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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.'
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DIMENSION : 198 mm x 129 mm
WEIGHT : 117 g
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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.'
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| ISBN : 9780099429838 | |
| BY (AUTHOR) Calvino, Italo, TRANSLATED BY Weaver, William | |
| PUBLISHER : Vintage Publishing | PUBLICATION DATE : October 02, 1997 |
| COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom | IMPRINT : Vintage Classics |
| LANGUAGE : English | AGE : General |
| PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback | |
WEIGHT : 117 g
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