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Invisible Cities

Italo Calvino • Giulio Einaudi Editore • ISBN Not provided

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Invisible Cities

Italo Calvino • Giulio Einaudi Editore • ISBN-13 9781299903630

ISBN-10 1299903630 • 1972 • Later Edition

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ISBN Not provided • Completeness 69

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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.

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Publisher: Giulio Einaudi Editore
PaperbackLater Edition2013
Pages: 165Language: EnglishPaper finish: Matte

Catalog notes

Contributor: Italo Calvino

Cultural context

Category: AllegoryCategory: Cultural CommentaryCategory: ExplorationCategory: Imaginative LiteratureCategory: Italian LiteratureCategory: LiteratureCategory: MetafictionCategory: Narrative StructureInfluenced by: Jorge Luis BorgesInfluenced by: Franz KafkaInfluenced by: Marcel ProustInfluenced by: Vladimir NabokovInfluenced by: James JoyceInfluenced by: Luigi PirandelloInfluenced by: Dante AlighieriInfluenced by: Giovanni BoccaccioInfluenced: Haruki MurakamiInfluenced: David MitchellInfluenced: Salman RushdieInfluenced: Jonathan Safran FoerInfluenced: Neil GaimanInfluenced: China Miu00e9villeInfluenced: Roberto Bolau00f1oInfluenced: Mark Z. DanielewskiCornerstone of: Postmodern Literature

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