#invisible cities

[soracities]

Desires are already memories.

Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities (trans. William Weaver)

[noosphe-re]

Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino

[thebeautifulbook]

INVISIBLE CITIES by Italo Calvino. [San Diego: Harvest, 1972]

Art Binding by Dmitri Koutsipetsidis, He’s known for his great bindings on FRANKENSTEIN, THE WASTELAND, THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS.

source — about the design

source — read

[lilliankillthisman]

I was told this book was a dreamlike fantasy, but this is just how things are in England?

[amuletmaiden]

[lumivalis]

I met somebody's grandpa at a market in Barcelona once, he offered me a soda and I asked him about his life.

He told me "I had only three capital M's in life: mi Mujer, la Musica y el Mar"

[dandelionjack]

do YOU have a dream city

yes

no

Voting ended onSep 15, 2024

WHAT IS A DREAM CITY? what it says on the tin — an urban environment that you have involuntarily visited multiple, repeated times in dreams. to be a dream city, it must not be a real-life place, whether one you have physically travelled to/lived in or one that you have seen videos of.

doesn’t need to look “alien”. mine, though some of the architecture is quite distinctive, resembles a southern european city, with most of the structures seeming 19th century

the storylines that play out and characters which feature may vary, but the setting crucially must remain the same or at least very similar. certain recurring locations must be present (buildings, streets, landmarks, a river, a bar — for me at least, but once again these locations could be anything in your personal experience).

you will find that, despite logically never having “been” here in reality, you always know where to go, as if you’re a long-term resident or at least a well-prepared tourist.

the public transport is usually weird. for me it’s mostly a winding system of subway networks, complex and misleading like a labyrinth, naturally. what’s a dream city without a maze

so, that’s enough detail for you to know which button to vote for by now. no nuance. either you drop by the dream city on the regular or you don’t.

reblog for reach. and no i don’t have a clue on what i’m planning to do with the results, thanks for asking

[charl0ttan]

i read if on a winter’s night a traveler bc of you and i loved it so much!! i also read invisible cities and really recommend it if you havent read it yet ^_^ i like it even more than if on a winter’s night

oohh terrific!!!! im still like. not very far 😭 ill for sure have to get to invisible cities though!! ceetee @cryptotheism has spoken on it much to me as one of their favorite books:)