Invisible Cities is a 1972 novel by Italo Calvino, where the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan talks with the explorer Marco Polo. As the emperor feels his empire is falling apart, Marco tells him stories about 55 strange and beautiful cities, each one a dream-like place that makes you think about memory, desire, and what it means to be human.
I can’t recommend this week’s book to ESL learners in ENGLISH. I also might not recommend it your native language either. The book is interesting but just too unconventional for practical reading. I will be continuing my work on it in the coming weeks…
