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invisible cities
second paperback edition/ first harcourt brace jovanich edition, 1978.
first published in 1972 by giulio einaudi editore, "invisible cities" is, as a new york times review put it, "an elegy, autumnal and melancholy." the book, which signified one of calvino's earliest departures from the short-story form, consists of a prose-poem depicting a conversation between the explorer marco polo and the mongol emperor kublai kahn. through this poem, calvino depicts 55 different (fictiious) cities narrated by polo.
new york and london: harcourt brace jovanovich. isbn: 0-15-645380-0. 165 pages. 5 x 8". softcover. bound in paper wrappers. book condition: light wear throughout. very good ++. Item #996
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