Book · 1997 · Fiction, general
Invisible Cities
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I would actually recommend invisible cities I just i loved that book by italo calvino.
David Eagleman · Lex Fridman Podcast · Aug 2020 Listen at 1:32:27 The best things said about it
I would say two different ones. I would say Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, which is basically every page is a different city and it's an imagined city, they're fantastical cities.
Matt Haig The Book Review · May 2026 And it's there's a wonderful full book called Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino and he even talks about a city as something like this where everybody you have your life but then you have all these alternate lives and every time you make any decision you're kind of and so but in this Invisible Cities there's a little string that.
Jamie Metzl Lex Fridman Podcast · Dec 2021 Where and when it comes up
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Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino is a fantastical work of magical realism featuring imaginative descriptions of fictional cities recounted by Marco Polo to Kublai Khan. Matt Haig recommended the book on The Book Review, describing it as a literary favorite composed of fantastical, beautifully imagined vignettes on every single page. David Eagleman similarly praised the book on The Tim Ferriss Show and the Lex Fridman Podcast, ranking it among his favorite works of fiction and magical realism due to its poetic exploration of imaginary urban landscapes and philosophical dialogue. Jamie Metzl also referenced the book on the Lex Fridman Podcast, connecting its thematic elements to discussions of alternate lives, decision-making, and the paths not taken. Across these diverse conversations, the contributors emphasized the book's dreamlike quality and its ability to provoke deep reflection on human civilization, memory, and desire. The text remains widely celebrated by scientists, authors, and thinkers alike for its lyrical prose and structural brilliance, serving as a timeless meditation on the nature of home, identity, and the countless unseen worlds existing within the human imagination.
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David Eagleman I would actually recommend invisible cities I just i loved that book by italo calvino 3
“Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities is an extraordinary book about Marco Polo talking to the Great Khan, Kublai Khan, about different cities in the Khan's Empire, and it's magical realism.”
“I would actually recommend invisible cities I just i loved that book by italo calvino”
“i would actually recommend invisible cities i just i loved that book by italo calvino”
Matt Haig I would say two different ones. I would say Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, which is basically every pag… 1
“I would say two different ones. I would say Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, which is basically every page is a different city and it's an imagined city, they're fantastical cities.”
Jamie Metzl and it's there's a wonderful full book called Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino and he even talks about a c… 1
“and it's there's a wonderful full book called Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino and he even talks about a city as something like this where everybody you have your life but then you have all these alternate lives and every time you make any decision you're kind of and so but in this Invisible Cities there's a little string that”
