Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

Invisible Cities by Italo CalvinoA subtle and beautiful meditation' Sunday TimesIn Invisible Cities Marco Polo conjures up cities of magical times for his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan, but gradually it becomes clear that he is actually describing one city: Venice. As Gore Vidal wrote 'Of all tasks, describing the contents of a book is the most difficult and in the case of a marvellous invention like Invisible Cities, perfectly irrelevant.'

where a 12-year-old boy was murdered in cold blood by two children

These much-loved tales include the story of the farmer who offends the fairies by building on their dancing ground

strange puncture marks appear on a young woman's neck

she cant go it alone

wheeling wagons

Wolf and his daughter

wise: the short story is capable of almost anything

bizarre and unprecedented - coined the era-defining phrase GUBU

Tá puifín beag fiosrach ina cónaí ar Sceilg Mhichíl

is called in

This wonderfully rich and varied collection are ten of the best-loved traditional Irish stories

Cathairín – a field with a fairy-dwelling in it