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Always the experimentalist, Calvino strings together a set of philosophical vignettes that read almost as a collection of prose poems. It is more of a strange take on metaphysics than anything else. Sometimes the descriptions get bogged down in strung-out adjectives and abstract sketches. Regardless Calvino's imagination is what won me out in the end. Some of the cities he enlivens are so playful and thought-provoking, I was really moved by his unique story.