By Italo Calvino
A brilliant book written in the form of an explorer 'Marco Polo's' reports on the cities of a vast empire. When asked by the ruler of said empire if all the reports are true, and such accounts of the cities exist, Marco Polo suggests the fact that he has merely been describing his home city of Venice over and over again.
Some interesting ideas are formed when reading this book, and one is forced to think hard when faced with such accounts of silent conversations due to redundancy of verbal communication between Marco and the King. At times games of chess are used to communicate Marcos findings, or expressions and gestures are combined with artefacts and findings.
A fantastic read with copious descriptions of Venice, illustrating fascinating and sometimes complex concepts and ideas.
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