pillango

pictorial representations of excerpts of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities





the traveler, arriving, sees two cities: one erect above the lake, and the other upside down. (53)



if you saw it, standing in its midst, it would be a different city; Irene is a name for a city in the distance, and if you approach, it changes. (125)



in Ersilia, to establish the relationships taht sustain the city's life, the inhabitants stretch strings from the corners of the houses... (76)



to go from one place to another you have always the choice between land and boat. (88)



they say that in the twin cities there is no longer any way of knowing who is alive and who is dead. (110)

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