Visible Cities

Name: Visible Cities
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SKU: 9781988595740
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Lockdown to liberation, stress to sustainability: Aotearoa fiction inspired by Italo Calvino

Brief Description

The celebrated Italian writer Italo Calvino's novel Invisible Cities explored the intersection of reality and imagination over 11 wondrous chapters. A hundred years after his birth, 11 emerging writers from Aotearoa have each taken a city from their own country and written a short story that... Read More

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Visible Cities

$30⁰⁰

Visible Cities

A hundred years after Italo Calvino's birth, 11 emerging writers from Aotearoa have each taken a city from their own country and written a short story that pays tribute to Calvino's work while addressing the themes that besiege our cities in the twenty-first century.

Description

The celebrated Italian writer Italo Calvino's novel Invisible Cities explored the intersection of reality and imagination over 11 wondrous chapters.

A hundred years after his birth, 11 emerging writers from Aotearoa have each taken a city from their own country and written a short story that pays tribute to Calvino and addresses the bigger themes that shape their city in the twenty-first century.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781988595740

Publisher: The Cuba Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 September 2023

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: The Cuba Press

Contributors:

Edited by Marco Sonzogni
Edited by Sydney J Shep
Edited by Daniel K Brown
Illustrated by William du Toit

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 158

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Fiction General Fiction New Zealand and Australia Published New Zealand Published

About the Author

Marco Sonzogni is a reader in translation studies and intercultural communication at Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington. A widely published scholar, he is also an award-winning translator, poet, editor and cultural activist. Sydney Shep is a reader in book history and the printer at Wai-te-ata Press, Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington. A widely published scholar, she is also a practising letterpress printer, exhibiting book artist and designer bookbinder.