The Canon Library

Postwar · Fiction

Invisible Cities

by Italo Calvino. A canonical or canon-adjacent work by Italo Calvino examining narrative, imagination, cities; included to broaden the catalog’s historical, literary, or intellectual coverage.

Open in the interactive reader
Date
1972
Origin
Italy
Era
Postwar
Genre
Fiction
Difficulty
Moderate
Length
Medium
Collection
The Western Canon

Subjects and themes

NarrativeImaginationCities

Why it matters

A canonical or canon-adjacent work by Italo Calvino examining narrative, imagination, cities; included to broaden the catalog’s historical, literary, or intellectual coverage.

This work is included in the collection on the basis of expanded synthesis: bloom / great books / modern library / revised canon. Its cataloged influence level is 4 out of 5.