Reviews

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

eko_hav's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

5.0

lindsayaunderwood's review against another edition

4.0

This book is deep. Like seriously seriously deep. And beautiful. Like seriously seriously beautiful. I wish I would have read it along with a class or for some other reason so that I would have had context for it. Loved imagining the cities. Very fantastical.

nkotek's review against another edition

adventurous reflective slow-paced

jmcook's review against another edition

inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

karol_castro's review against another edition

reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

3.5

quakeherself's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

this book was so dense but the prose was beautiful i really wanted to love this book but it was a but of a slog when marco poli described some of the cities, while other descriptions were brilliant i loved the interactions between marco polo and kublai khan

khaliah's review against another edition

5.0

An absolutely lovely book. I don't think the English translation does it justice. This is the book that made me fall in love with Calvino. Some of the cities are more engaging than others, but I loved it just the same.

kashmiras's review against another edition

informative inspiring mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

leo_seven's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

andreandrea's review against another edition

5.0

Questo capolavoro di Calvino è al contempo un esercizio di scrittura e un ricco ritratto della società odierna, che delle città fa il suo nido, inscritto nella cornice dell'orientale palazzo dell'imperatore Khan.

Tra sbuffi di morbido fumo, il narratore d'eccellenza Marco Polo descrive al Khan visioni di Città, facendo assaporare, osservare ed ascoltare approdi immaginari, ricordando al lettore che sta a lui il compito di dare vita ad ognuno di loro.

E il lettore stesso viene largamente ricompensato con ricordi ed emozioni, che solo un impeccabile scrittore sa fare emergere.

Allo stesso tempo le città ritraggono cenni della società, e delle persone che la formano, rammentandoci però che la vera città che abitiamo, è quella del nostro pensiero.