Invisible Cities (1972), by Italo Calvino, translated by William Weaver

Invisible Cities is one of six entries for Italo Calvino (1923-1985) in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. The other five are

• The Castle of Crossed Destinies(1969, translated into English 1977, on my TBR);
• If On a Winter’s Night, a Traveller(1979, translated 1981, see my review;
• Our Ancestors (1960, translated into English 1962.  This is the ‘heraldic trio’ comprising The Cloven Viscount,  (1952, translated 1959) The Baron in the Trees(1957, translated 1959, on my TBR) and The Nonexistent Knight, 1959, translated 1962);
• The Path to the Nest of Spiders(1947, translated 1947 and revised 1998. I have this on order); and
• Six Memos for the Next Millennium (1988, essays, translated 1993)

(Links on the titles are to Wikipedia.)

(1001 Books does not include The Complete Cosmicomics (1997), probably because it’s not a novel, it’s a collection of short stories, one of which…