It is a work that brushes aside conventions of form and narrative to ruminate on ideas of memory and place, touching on everything from trajectory of civilizations to the limits of communication. Even the broadest definitions of historical fiction and magical realism don’t quite fit, as Calvino blends real and imagined details into a concoction of seemingly irreverent tales. Invisible Cities is a travelogue to places that do not exist. Nor is it conventional fantasy, doing away with the worlds it creates almost as soon as it forms them. It isn’t traditional fiction on a structural level, having no story arc or a defined ending.
I’m not sure how to describe Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities.
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