Thought for the Day

Seek and learn to recognize who and what,

in the midst of the inferno, are not inferno,

then make them endure, give them space. 

~ Italo Calvino's Marco Polo

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Quoted from Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities, Illustrated 50th Anniversary Edition (Mariner Books Classics, 2025) 

 

Calvino's Invisible Cities (Le citta invisibili) was published in 1972 by Giulio Einaudi Editore. Harcourt published an English translation in 1974. Mariner Books Classics published a paperback version in 1978.

 

Italo Calvino (1923-1985), Cuban-born Italian Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, and Short Story Writer 

Marco Polo (c. 1254-1324), Venetian Merchant, Explorer, Writer

 

Anthony Doerr, "The Timeless Magic of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities at 50" in LitHub, March 20, 2025

 

Carrie McBride, "Where to Start With Italo Calvino," New York Public Library, October 11, 2023