![]() ![]() ![]() These are fantastical, beguiling places, where things are never as they seem. Each short chapter describes a different city, 55 in all. They're sitting in a garden, where the Venetian explorer is regaling the Mongol ruler with tales of the cities he has seen journeying to the far reaches of Khan's vast empire. The only characters are an aging Kublai Khan and a young-ish Marco Polo. Technically, this is a novel, a work of fiction, but one without any storyline. The places Calvino describes, though, don't exist on any map. It was, in fact, the traveler in me that first fell under its spell. Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities might be labeled travelogue. ![]() How?Įric Weiner's latest book is Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. ![]() Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Invisible Cities Author Italo Calvino and William Weaver ![]()
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