{"product_id":"9780099429838","title":"Invisible Cities","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Italo Calvino\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eLiterary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 2 October 1997 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage Classics) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 160 pages\u003cbr\u003e198 x 129 x 11mm | 120g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifty-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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Italo Calvino","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64838298435933,"sku":"9780099429838","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1074\/9358\/9341\/files\/9780099429838.jpg?v=1780054731","url":"https:\/\/adventureintobooks.co.uk\/products\/9780099429838","provider":"Adventure Into Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}