num_pages: 176
description: Imaginary conversations between Marco Polo and his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan, conjure up cities of magical times. Of all tasks, describing the contents of a book is the most difficult and in the case of a marvelous invention like Invisible Cities, perfectly irrelevant (Gore Vidal).
language: English
title: Invisible Cities
titlecomplete: Invisible Cities
characters: Marco Polo, Kublai Khan
genres: Fiction, Magical Realism, Italy, Short Stories, Literature, Classics, Architecture, Novels, Fantasy, Italian Literature
ratings_count: 79973
places: Mongol Empire
awards: awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 157795200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Translation
publisher: Random House UK