Invisible cities / Italo Calvino ; translated from the Italian by William Weaver.

By:

Calvino, Italo

Contributor(s):

Weaver, William

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: 1972. Harvest, Florida :Description: 165 p. : 20 cmISBN:

9780156453805 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

23 853.910945 CAL 001535

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Summary: Each time he returns from his travels, Marco Polo is invited by Kublai Khan to describe the cities he has visited. The conqueror and the explorer exchange visions: for Kublai Khan the world is constantly expanding; for Marco Polo - who has seen so much of it - it is an ever-diminishing place.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	853.910945 CAL 001535 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		001535

This translation originally published: London : Secker & Warburg, 1974. Translation of: Le cita invisibili. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book.

Each time he returns from his travels, Marco Polo is invited by Kublai Khan to describe the cities he has visited. The conqueror and the explorer exchange visions: for Kublai Khan the world is constantly expanding; for Marco Polo - who has seen so much of it - it is an ever-diminishing place.

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