I just realized I forgot to post the review of the February 12-in-2023 book.
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Marco Polo, in Scheherezade fashion, tells Genghis Khan stories about the cities he has visited, each more fabulous than the last. And I mean fabulous in the sense that they don’t exist other than in Marco Polo’s imagination.
Very short book, less than 200 pages. Very short chapters, some less than a full page. Still took me nearly a week to read because I couldn’t settle in.
Three stars because the language is beautiful. Otherwise, I don’t know what the point was. Obviously, I have failed at post-modern literature. I do appreciate the friend who recommended this to me, regardless.
Read as part of the 12-in-2023 Challenge, in which I read 12 books other people selected for me. February’s book was selected by Celina.
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