Invisible Cities
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Description
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.'
This is a captivating meditation on culture, language, time, memory and the nature of human experience.
'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
'Touches inexhaustibly on the essence of the human urge to create cities, be in cities, speak of cities' Guardian
'A subtle and beautiful meditation' Sunday Times
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When I started reading this little book I wasn't too impressed. But the more city descriptions I perused and the more I learned about Marco Polo's and Kublai Khan's conversation, the better I liked it. I believe this is one of these rare works which disclose even more and new sides when you read them again. I can imagine art and literature teachers going crazy over this book and making their students illustrate the cities and draw connections between them. There is so much room for interpretation!
Was ganz anderes 💭
Ich bin immer auf der Suche nach Büchern, die ganz neue Ideen haben. Und so etwas wie dieses Buch habe ich wirklich noch nicht gelesen. Marco Polo erzählt von verschiedenen imaginären Städten, die sehr kreativ gedacht und mit Tiefgang versehen sind. Jeder Bericht ist ziemlich kurz, sodass das Buch gut immer mal wieder in die Hand genommen werden kann. Außerdem muss man es auch nicht von vorne nach hinten lesen 😋 Allerdings hat mir doch eine Handling gefehlt…
Description
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.'
This is a captivating meditation on culture, language, time, memory and the nature of human experience.
'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
'Touches inexhaustibly on the essence of the human urge to create cities, be in cities, speak of cities' Guardian
'A subtle and beautiful meditation' Sunday Times
Book Information
Posts
When I started reading this little book I wasn't too impressed. But the more city descriptions I perused and the more I learned about Marco Polo's and Kublai Khan's conversation, the better I liked it. I believe this is one of these rare works which disclose even more and new sides when you read them again. I can imagine art and literature teachers going crazy over this book and making their students illustrate the cities and draw connections between them. There is so much room for interpretation!
Was ganz anderes 💭
Ich bin immer auf der Suche nach Büchern, die ganz neue Ideen haben. Und so etwas wie dieses Buch habe ich wirklich noch nicht gelesen. Marco Polo erzählt von verschiedenen imaginären Städten, die sehr kreativ gedacht und mit Tiefgang versehen sind. Jeder Bericht ist ziemlich kurz, sodass das Buch gut immer mal wieder in die Hand genommen werden kann. Außerdem muss man es auch nicht von vorne nach hinten lesen 😋 Allerdings hat mir doch eine Handling gefehlt…