Invisible Cities
Material type: TextPublication details: UK Giulio Einaudi / Penguin 1997Description: 160: ill. 12.9 x 1 x 19.8 cmISBN:- 9780099429838
- VSCL CAL
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Books | Arthshila Ahmedabad Cluster: 3D | VSCL/CAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | BK00463 |
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In Invisible Cities Marco Polo conjures up cities of magical times for his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan, but gradually it becomes clear that he is actually describing one city: Venice. As Gore Vidal wrote 'Of all tasks, describing the contents of a book is the most difficult and in the case of a marvellous invention like Invisible Cities, perfectly irrelevant.'