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Invisible Cities

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Invisible Cities is a novel by Italian writer Italo Calvino. It is a series of conversations between the explorer Marco Polo and the emperor Kublai Khan. The book is structured as a series of short prose poems describing 55 cities, all of which are fantastical and allegorical, exploring themes of imagination, language, and the nature of human experience.
Publisher
Giulio Einaudi Editore
Publication year
1972
ISBN-13
9781299903630
ISBN-10
1299903630
Pages
165
Language
English
Subjects
Philosophical FictionImaginative LiteratureItalian LiteratureUrban FantasyMetafictionNarrative StructureAllegoryExplorationCultural Commentary

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