Invisible Cities (A Harvest/Hbj Book) (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of Invisible Cities (A Harvest/Hbj Book) Saturday, August 1 2009.

• 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

Shelfari edited the contributors of Invisible Cities (A Harvest/Hbj Book) Wednesday, July 22 2009.

• Added a contributor: Italo Calvino: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Invisible Cities (A Harvest/Hbj Book) Thursday, July 16 2009.

• Leaving there and proceeding for three days toward the east, you reach Diomira, a city with sixty silver domes, bronze statues of all the gods, streets paved with lead, a crystal theater, a golden cock that crows each morning on a tower.