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.
我一直认为自己骨子里不属于城市。所以可以想象当那天拿到那套普里什文文集时,我有多激动。一大摞厚厚的泛黄的书,一看就知道经历了在书店积满灰尘后又重返库房的命运。我始终觉得,在年幼时候我曾经或等老了我将要,坐在长满蒲公英和苍耳的山坡上读《鸟儿不惊的地方》或《大...
评分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M,既然你让说说深圳,那我就说说吧,可是我又有什么可说的。深圳于我并没有什么特殊的意义,它是一片森林,我是一片叶子,也许我只是想找个隐藏自己的地方。有时深圳是一片大海,我只是浮在它上面的一个小小的浮漂物,我从来没有走向它的深处,有时你会发现我在这个城市街道上...
评分有诗的意象与几何般的严谨架构,这本书怎么多读多研究都不过分。这不是55个城市的描述,而是从55个角度来看作为一个概念的城市的55个思维图景,它常常在一个二元论的现实中提出问题,然后进行辩论和摇摆,在组合与排列中构造了这些完美的城市图像。过去与未来,现实与精神,象...
评分书读二遍,其意自现。
评分书读二遍,其意自现。
评分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。
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