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"Kublai Khan does not necessarily believe everything Marco Polo says when he describes the cities visited on his expeditions, but the emperor of the Tartars does continue listening to the young Venetian with greater attention and curiosity than he shows any other messenger or explorer of his." So begins Italo Calvino's compilation of fragmentary urban images. As Marco tells the khan about Armilla, which "has nothing that makes it seem a city, except the water pipes that rise vertically where the houses should be and spread out horizontally where the floors should be," the spider-web city of Octavia, and other marvelous burgs, it may be that he is creating them all out of his imagination, or perhaps he is recreating details of his native Venice over and over again, or perhaps he is simply recounting some of the myriad possible forms a city might take.
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'The most beautiful of his books throws up ideas, allusions, and breathtaking imaginative insights on almost every page. Each time he returns from his travels, Marco Polo is invited by Kublai Khan to describe the cities he has visited...Although he makes Marco Polo summon up many cities for the Khan's imagination to feed on, Calvino is describing only one city in this book. Venice, that decaying heap of incomparable splendour, still stands as substantial evidence of man's ability to create something perfect out of chaos' Paul Bailey Times Literary Supplement
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The book explores many different view points of a city. The author builds the city from scratch as he describes the city, but then leaves the city standing or demolished at the end. His use of two characters who comtemplate the tales of the cities is very unique. The conversations that the characters are engaged in are very profound and can be related to the reader. It seems as though the reader is invited into the conversations of the two characters.
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In this slight book I found poetry, philosophical discourse, the stakes to a game of chess, and one of the finest last lines to a novel: "...seek and learn to recognize who and what, in the midst of the inferno, are not inferno, then make them endure, give them space." A beautiful affirmation of humanity! This novel abounds with thoughtful and deep-inside-wrenching remarks, interlaced with poetic descriptions of countless imaginary cities that live and breath the characteristics of the all-too-real cities of the world today. The progression of city-experiences in this novel reminded me a little of the snapshot scenarios in Calvino's Marcovaldo. BUT, this book is still completely different! This book spurred my own imagination as Marco Polo's and Kublai Kahn's are intertwined within the covers. A wonder at many different levels and will be added to the very short list of books that I re-read every few years.
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I had the good fortune to read "Invisible Cities" while in Venice and other parts of Northern Italy, where I felt like I was visiting many of the cities described in the book. This book is a tiny little gem collection, with descriptions of each city stretching your brain in a different direction. However, I do feel that some of the chapters are repetitive, particularly on the theme of cities that contain their opposites. For that, I have taken away one star in my review. It reminded me very much of Alan Lightman's book "Einstein's Dreams" which I would also recommend (he's no Calvino, but the format and brain-stretching are similar). My favorite Calvino book will forever remain "If On A Winter's Night A Traveler," which if you do not own you should immediately order a dozen copies and pass them out to everyone you know.
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the crystal
As I was reading the book, somehow I found myself searching for the crystals; their shapes and the infinite slope of the crystal.. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 9. Januar 2000 von "heroina"
simply irrisistable
if you havent read this book, be sure to get a hold of it. if you dont have an imagination that allows you to dream of beauty and of desires, then look up this book and you will be... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 4. November 1999 veröffentlicht
Intense travelogue of all points between heaven and hell
Like the cities imagined here (most based on real-life counterparts), the plot isn't a standard A-to-B-to-C kind of thing. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 25. Oktober 1999 veröffentlicht
Invigorating
Whoever has a problem with Calvino's 'Insivible Cities' obviously has little imagination. Calvino, on the other hand, is preoccupied with the human mind's ability to imagine. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 27. September 1999 veröffentlicht
SOOOOO BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!
I have never read anything quite so beautiful and enchaunting. Calvino is a very talanted writter, his cities are something Salvador Dali would paint. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 20. Juli 1999 von Felicity (fragile255@yahoo.com)
Best Travellers Companion
This is the book I give all my friends who love the experience of travel. It is easy to read on subway, between meals on a long flight, and when you simply want a quick story to... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 13. Juli 1999 von ROBERT S. GALLAGHER
Well worth the time
After reading numerous reviews of this book, i decided to read it for my self and was not in the least disapointed. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 10. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
It's Bad
Gave it a try. Usually I like daring books and brave writers. Unfourently writers who are pretentious bother me greatly.
Am 5. April 1999 veröffentlicht
Masterpiece Schmasterpiece!
I beg to differ with those who consider this some sort of masterwork. Boring and pretentious are just two words that come springing to mind to describe this book. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 14. März 1999 veröffentlicht
Italo Calvino's Absolute Masterpiece
He wrote so many books, and most of them are good, some of the very good. But probably this is his real masterpiece, and the number of enthusiastic comments here should be proof... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 29. Januar 1999 veröffentlicht
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