Personally, I love love love this book so far. I mean, not only do I like the structure of the book (it reminds me of star girl or this book I'm currently reading about zen), but I also like how it has some really profound statements in it. for example, on page 56 in the italicized portion of the text, Kublai Khan asks Marco Polo if such a place exists that matches his dream. Marco Polo responds,
"Forgive me, my lord, there is no doubt that sooner or later I shall set sail from that dock[...] but I shall not come back to tell you about it. The city exists and it has a simple secret: it knows only departures and not returns."
I automatically connected this with death, making the connection that the "departure" could be a metaphor for leaving this world, and of course "[no] returns" would be the finality of death.
As I read on in this novel, I have to keep stopping myself from reading ahead because once I get in the rhythm of reading Calvino's writing, it is as easy a read as twilight :]
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