Italo Calvino Invisible Cities

Invisible Cities (Italian: Le citt invisibili) is a postmodern novel by the Italian writer Italo Calvino. It was published in Italy in 1972 by Giulio Einaudi Editore. The book is framed as a conversation between the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan, and Marco Polo.

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Italo Calvinos Invisible Cities explores the relationship between cities and power in a unique and thought-provoking way. Through his vivid descriptions of imaginary cities, Calvino reveals the complex layers of power dynamics that exist within urban spaces. His best known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy (1952-1959), the Cosmicomics collection of short stories (1965), and the novels Invisible Cities (1972) and If On a Winter's Night a Traveler (1979).

I reread Invisible Cities for the fourth or fifth time, a book published fifty years ago, when Calvino was also (almost) fifty. I will finally be old enough, I think, to solve the riddles of this book.