Resumen
Descripción de contraportada
Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals something else. from "Invisible Cities" In a garden sit the aged Kublai Khan and the young Marco Polo Mongol emperor and Venetian traveler. Kublai Khan has sensed the end of his empire coming soon. Marco Polo diverts his host with stories of the cities he has seen in his travels around the empire: cities and memory, cities and desire, cities and designs, cities and the dead, cities and the sky, trading cities, hidden cities. As Marco Polo unspools his tales, the emperor detects these fantastic places are more than they appear. "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 Italo Calvino (1923 1985) attained worldwide renown as one of the twentieth century s greatest storytellers. Born in Cuba, he was raised in San Remo, Italy, and later lived in Turin, Paris, Rome, and elsewhere. Among his many works are "If on a winter s night a traveler" and "The Baron in the Trees, " as well as numerous collections of fiction, folktales, criticism, and essays. His works have been translated into dozens of languages."
Detalles
- Título Invisible Cities
- Autor Italo Calvino
- Encuadernación Tapa blanda
- Edición [ Edition: Repri
- Páginas 176
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Mariner Books Classics, New York
- Fecha de publicación 1978-05-03
- Features Bilingual
- ISBN 9780156453806 / 0156453800
- Peso 0.39 libras (0.18 kg)
- Dimensiones 8.01 x 5.43 x 0.47 pulgadas (20.35 x 13.79 x 1.19 cm)
- Nivel de lectura 1290
- Library of Congress subjects Explorers, Biographical fiction
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 77016002
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Más ejemplares
Invisible Cities
de Calvino, Italo
- Usado
- good
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Usado - Good
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780156453806 / 0156453800
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
Belmont, Massachusetts, United States
- Precio
-
EUR 5.75EUR 4.22 enviando a USA
Mostrar detalles
Invisible Cities
de Calvino, Italo
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Usado - Acceptable
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780156453806 / 0156453800
- Cantidad disponible
- 2
- Librería
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
- Precio
-
EUR 5.98Envío gratuito a USA
Mostrar detalles
Invisible Cities
de Calvino, Italo
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Usado - Acceptable
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780156453806 / 0156453800
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
- Precio
-
EUR 5.98Envío gratuito a USA
Mostrar detalles
Invisible Cities
de Calvino, Italo
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Usado - Acceptable
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780156453806 / 0156453800
- Cantidad disponible
- 11
- Librería
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
- Precio
-
EUR 6.06Envío gratuito a USA
Mostrar detalles
Invisible Cities
de Italo Calvino
- Usado
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Used - VG
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780156453806 / 0156453800
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
Branson, Missouri, United States
- Precio
-
EUR 6.10EUR 4.68 enviando a USA
Mostrar detalles
Invisible Cities
de Italo Calvino, William Weaver
- Usado
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Used Good
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780156453806 / 0156453800
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States
- Precio
-
EUR 6.56EUR 5.16 enviando a USA
Mostrar detalles
Invisible Cities
de Calvino, Italo
- Usado
- Estado
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780156453806 / 0156453800
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
Frederick, Maryland, United States
- Precio
-
EUR 6.73EUR 3.74 enviando a USA
Mostrar detalles
Invisible Cities
de Calvino, Italo
- Usado
- good
- Estado
- Usado - Good
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780156453806 / 0156453800
- Cantidad disponible
- 5
- Librería
-
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Precio
-
EUR 8.31Envío gratuito a USA
Mostrar detalles
Invisible Cities
de Calvino, Italo
- Usado
- Estado
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780156453806 / 0156453800
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
Belfast, Tennessee, United States
- Precio
-
EUR 8.41EUR 2.81 enviando a USA
Mostrar detalles
Invisible Cities
de Calvino, Italo
- Usado
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Used: Good
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780156453806 / 0156453800
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
-
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
- Precio
-
EUR 9.76Envío gratuito a USA