INVISIBLE CITIES BY ITALO CALVINO
The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to continue with the series of meetings dedicated to contemporary Italian literature, through a Book Club in which opinions and comments on the proposed readings can be shared. The book chosen for December is Invisible Cities (“Le città invisibili”) by Italo Calvino, on the occasion of Marco Polo’s 700th anniversary.
To facilitate reading and to open up this event to more participants, novels have been selected that also feature full English translations. The books can in fact be read both in the original language and in translation, since the meetings could be held also in English.
Join the Book Club to discover this interesting and unique book of Italian literature!
ITALO CALVINO, LE CITTÀ INVISIBILI (“Invisible Cities”) – 1972
Plot. The narrative unfolds through the dialogues between Marco Polo and Emperor Kublai Khan. Marco Polo describes a series of imaginary cities, each with unique and symbolic characteristics. The book is divided into nine chapters and presents 55 cities. Each city represents a reflection on themes such as memory, desire, imagination and reality. Calvino uses these descriptions to explore complex concepts such as chaos and order, reality and illusion.
Facilitator: Silvia Cannata, winner of a MAECI scholarship to work at the Italian Cultural Institute. A Literature graduate from the University of Bologna, she is now a Double degree postgraduate student in Italian Literature and History of Art at the University of Venice (Italy) and the University of Tours (France).
Where: A25 pizzeria, 720 Chapel St, South Yarra, VIC 3141.
When: Monday 9th December 2024, 6-7.30 pm.
Other dates are also available on request.
To sign up for the Book Club, send an email at iicmelbourne@esteri.it.