{"product_id":"9780099429838-invisible-cities","title":"Invisible Cities","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eInvisible Cities\u003c\/i\u003e Marco Polo conjures up cities of magical times for his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan, but gradually it becomes clear that he is actually describing one city: Venice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFifty-five fictional cities, each described in beautiful detail - each with a woman's name. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eInvisible Cities\u003c\/i\u003e Marco Polo conjures up cities of magical times for his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan, but gradually it becomes clear that he is actually describing one city: Venice. As Gore Vidal wrote 'Of all tasks, describing the contents of a book is the most difficult and in the case of a marvellous invention like \u003ci\u003eInvisible Cities\u003c\/i\u003e, perfectly irrelevant.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a captivating meditation on culture, language, time, memory and the nature of human experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eInvisible Cities\u003c\/i\u003e changed the way we read and what is possible in the balance between poetry and prose. The book I would choose as pillow and plate, alone on a desert island' Jeanette Winterson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Touches inexhaustibly on the essence of the human urge to create cities, be in cities, speak of cities' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A subtle and beautiful meditation' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40942994423905,"sku":"9780099429838","price":5.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32281687.jpg?v=1737117719","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780099429838-invisible-cities","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}