- Fiction, Ficción, Explorers, Kings and rulers
"Kublai Khan does not necessarily believe everything Marco Polo says when he describes the cities visited on his expeditions, but the emperor of the Tartars does continue listening to the young Venetian with greater attention and curiosity than he shows any other messenger or explorer of his."
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Contemplative, prestige, character-led and warm.
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- First published
- January 1, 1998
- Pages
- 165
- Publisher
- Harvest, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, HarperCollins Publishers
- Editions
- 45
- Language
- cat, Italian, Chinese, Portuguese
- ISBN
- 9788481302028
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“Det er ikke givet, at Kublai Khan tror på alt det, som Marco Polo siger, når han beskriver de byer han har besøgt på sine rejser for Khanen; men sikkert er det, at Tatarernes kejser stadig lytter til den unge venezianer med større nysgerrighed og opmærksomhed end til nogen anden af sine udsendinge eller opdagelsesrejsende.”
Italo Calvino (Santiago de Las Vegas de La Habana, 15 ottobre 1923 – Siena, 19 settembre 1985) è stato uno scrittore e paroliere italiano. Intellettuale di grande impegno politico, civile e culturale, è stato uno dei narratori italiani più importanti del secondo Novecento. I numerosi campi d'interesse toccati dal suo percorso letterario sono meditati e raccontati attraverso capolavori quali la trilogia de *I nostri antenati, Marcovaldo, Le cosmicomiche, Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore,* uniti dal filo conduttore della riflessione sulla storia e la società contemporanea. ---------- Italo Calvino (Italian: [ˈiːtalo kalˈviːno]; 15 October 1923 – 19 September 1985) was an Italian journalis
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