28 / 27 Imagine a place …
“Cities, like dreams, are made
of desires and fears, even if
the thread of their discourse is
secret, their rules are absurd,
their perspectives deceitful, and
everything conceals something
else,” Italo Calvino writes, in his
1972 novel, Invisible Cities.
In this book, the Italian author
imagines a historical
conversation between Marco
Polo and the aged emperor
Kublai Khan, where the seasoned
explorer describes 55 fictional
cities across the world,
portraying their inhabitants, the
secrets and tales the places
offer those who visit.
