Imaginary conversations between Marco Polo and his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan, conjure up cities of magical times. “Of all tasks, describing the contents of a book is the most difficult and in the case of a marvelous invention like Invisible Cities, perfectly irrelevant” (Gore Vidal). Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
One of the world's best storytellers, Italo Calvino (Invisible Cities) pinpoints for future generations the universal values for literature. Here are his works, methods, intentions, and hopes.
Italo Calvino was a writer and journalist. Italo Calvino is the author of If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller, Numbers in the Dark and Other Stories, Difficult Loves, Marcovaldo: The Seasons in the City, Why Read the Classics?, The Queen’s Necklace, Under the Jaguar Sun, Italian Folktales, The Path to the Spiders’ Nests, The Literature Machine, The Castle of Crossed Destinies, and Our Ancestors.
Calvino was born in Cuba in the year 1923, but was raised in San Remo, Italy, where the inspiration for his various works were born. He received a degree in literature in 1947 from the University of Turin. In the later years, Calvino developed a passion for teaching and films, and travelled widely to fulfill these pursuits. In the year 1985, he died of brain hemorrhage. He won several awards during his lifetime, including the World Fantasy Award, Riccione Prize, Bagutta Prize, Viareggio Prize, Saint-Vincent Prize, International Charles Veillon Prize, and the Legion of Honour.
斜躺在床上读龙应台的《亲爱的安德烈》,母子间的第20封信,安德烈对妈妈说:香港很“浅”,缺少文化。没有咖啡馆,只有蹩脚的连锁店星巴克和太平洋咖啡,不然就是贵得要死其实根本不值得的大饭店。人与人之间见面就是谈事情,每一个约会,都在“赶”,因为永远还有下一个约...
评分因为看梁文道写的《我执》而知道了《看不见的城市》。他在《我执》这本书里几次提到了卡尔维诺,于是买来看,本意是添加“文艺”气质,谁知正如我买的其他纯文学书一样,束之高阁了三年有余,理由是没有一个安静的时间能够读这种纯文学的书。 直到被工作和现实侵蚀了一年,我的...
评分所有的城市都是虚构的,我给它们每一个都起了一个女人的名字…… 刚拿到这本书时读了三分之一,再拿起来时已是半年以后。还是从第一页读起。这次为了与上一次阅读有所区别,我边读边记了笔记。那是一篇令人发笑的读书笔记,因为我想不会有人像我一样把所有这些虚构的城市认认...
评分“掌控故事的不是声音,而是耳朵。” ——卡尔维诺 我一直认为,对一件事物的理解,没有任何人会是一样的;当我讲述一个故事时,故事实际已由最初滋生出若干版本,数量取决于听故事的脑袋有多少个。写下这些文字,只是想记录下某时某刻我对《看不见的城市》这本最喜爱的书籍...
评分所有的城市都是虚构的,我给它们每一个都起了一个女人的名字…… 刚拿到这本书时读了三分之一,再拿起来时已是半年以后。还是从第一页读起。这次为了与上一次阅读有所区别,我边读边记了笔记。那是一篇令人发笑的读书笔记,因为我想不会有人像我一样把所有这些虚构的城市认认...
It is such an astonishing book that it is not even describable, because anything I say will not do it justice. A work of a literary genius!
评分It would be interesting if this is a photography exhibition, but when reading it, it flows well, yet it disorients me quite a lot. But I guess that's a good thing, getting lost in the cities. My fav part is Marco and Khan's conversations because they touch perspectives of looking at life and everything.
评分书读二遍,其意自现。
评分在梦中的城市里,他正值青春。到达这座城时,他已年老。这是全部的岁月,和他全部的梦想。
评分反而觉得没有中文译本好,要是能看懂原文就好了。
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