Dream-like storytelling at the twilight of an empire.
In a garden sit the aged Kublai Khan and the young Marco Polo -- Tartar emperor and Venetian traveler. Kublai Khan has sensed the end of his empire coming soon. Marco Polo diverts the emperor with tales of the cities he has seen in... read more
“Arriving at each new city, the traveler finds again a past of his that he did not know he had: the foreignness of what you no longer are or no longer possess lies in wait for you in foreign, unpossessed places.”
“Futures not achieved are only branches of the past: dead branches”
“I speak and speak...but the listener retains only the words he is expecting...It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear.”
“Falsehood is never in words, it is in things.”Marco Polo
“It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear.”Marco Polo
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Cities and memory. 1.
Cities and memory. 2.
Cities and desire. 1.
Cities and memory. 3.
Cities and desire. 2.
Cities and signs. 1.
Cities and memory. 4.
Cities and desire. 3.
Cities and signs. 2.
Thin cities. 1.
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Cities and memory. 5.
Cities and desire. 4.
Cities and signs. 3.
Thin cities. 2.
Trading cities. 1.
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Cities and desire. 5.
Cities and signs. 4.
Thin cities. 3.
Trading cities. 2.
Cities and eyes. 1.
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Cities and signs. 5.
Thin cities. 4.
Trading cities. 3.
Cities and eyes. 2.
Cities and names. 1.
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Thin cities. 5.
Trading cities. 4.
Cities and eyes. 3.
Cities and names. 2.
Cities and the dead. 1.
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Trading cities. 5.
Cities and eyes. 4.
Cities and names. 3.
Cities and the dead. 2.
Cities and the sky. 1.
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Cities and eyes. 5.
Cities and names. 4.
Cities and the dead. 3.
Cities and the sky. 2.
Continuous cities. 1.
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Cities and names. 5.
Cities and the dead. 4.
Cities and the sky. 3.
Continuous cities. 2.
Hidden cities. 1.
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Cities and the dead. 5.
Cities and the sky. 4.
Continuous cities. 3.
Hidden cities. 2.
Cities and the sky. 5.
Continuous cities. 4.
Hidden cities. 3.
Continuous cities. 5.
Hidden cities. 4.
Hidden cities. 5.
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