On my blog I'm starting a series where I translate sections of Calvino's masterpiece Invisible Cities, a random city at a time.
Here's Zemrude.
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Translation: from Invisible Cities, by Italo Calvino
Cities and Eyes. 2.
It is the mood of the beholder that gives the city of Zemrude its form. If you pass by whistling, your nose gliding along in the air, you’ll come to know it from beneath: the wind...