# Invisible Cities

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- Book: [Invisible Cities](https://www.bookquiver.com/italo-calvino/invisible-cities) ([Invisible Cities.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/italo-calvino/invisible-cities.md))
- Authors: [Italo Calvino](https://www.bookquiver.com/italo-calvino)
- Publisher: vintage_digital
- Translated by: William Weaver
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-4641-427-9
- Published: 2010-12-14
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Fifty-five fictional cities, each described in beautiful detail - each with a woman's name... 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.' This is a captivating meditation on culture, language, time, memory and the nature of human experience. ' Invisible Cities changed the way we read and what is possible in the balance between poetry and prose... The book I would choose as pillow and plate, alone on a desert island' Jeanette Winterson 'Touches inexhaustibly on the essence of the human urge to create cities, be in cities, speak of cities' Guardian 'A subtle and beautiful meditation' Sunday Times