staticskyy 's review for:

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

4.0

adventurous funny mysterious relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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More a collection of loosely linked prose than a proper novel, Invisible Cities is a sprawling, episodic deconstruction of a travel guide? It's very tough to describe. Imagine 55 tiny little Twilight Zone episodes, but instead of being spooky, they're puzzling, funny, strange. Linking these cities is dialogue between Marco Polo, who is writing these descriptions, and then emperor Kublai Khan. Between the cities and their dialogue, Calvino explores memory, time, and linguistics in a whimsical yet melancholic manner.