{"product_id":"invisible-cities-folio-society-2691","title":"Invisible Cities","description":"\u003cp\u003eInvisible Cities by Italo Calvino. Introduced by Jeanette Winterson. 10 full-page colour illustrations and 27 integrated illustrations by Dave McKean. Printed in four colours. Red endpapers printed with a colour design by Dave McKean. Quarter bound in red-brown textured paper with cream paper sides printed with a colour image. Blind blocking on the spine. Gold rules on quarter binding. Red-brown slipcase covered in textured paper, front blocked in gold with a pattern. 184pp. 8x5¼in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInvisible Cities by Italo Calvino is an imaginative novel built around conversations between the explorer Marco Polo and the emperor Kublai Khan. Marco Polo describes a series of strange and fantastical cities he claims to have visited throughout the emperor's vast territory. Each city has unusual qualities and represents different ideas about memory, desire, relationships, death, time, and human experience. Rather than following a traditional plot, the book uses these descriptions to explore how people understand the places they live and how imagination shapes their view of the world.  The book is a poetic and philosophical exploration of cities, memories, and human life, suggesting that every place can hold different meanings depending on the person experiencing it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Folio Vault","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":55216735617363,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":55421260857683,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1085\/2951\/6883\/files\/2691.jpg?v=1792532987","url":"https:\/\/thefoliovault.com\/products\/invisible-cities-folio-society-2691","provider":"Folio Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}