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A Brief History of Portable Literature - Couverture souple

Vila-Matas, Enrique

 
9780811223379: A Brief History of Portable Literature
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 081122337X ISBN 13 : 9780811223379
Editeur : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2015

Synopsis

An author (a version of Vila-Matas himself) presents a short "history" of a secret society, the Shandies, who are obsessed with the concept of "portable literature." The society is entirely imagined, but in this rollicking, intellectually playful book, its members include writers and artists like Marcel Duchamp, Aleister Crowley, Witold Gombrowicz, Federico García Lorca, Man Ray, and Georgia O'Keefe. The Shandies meet secretly in apartments, hotels, and cafes all over Europe to discuss what great literature really is: brief, not too serious, penetrating the depths of the mysterious. We witness the Shandies having adventures in stationary submarines, underground caverns, African backwaters, and the cultural capitals of Europe.

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À propos des auteurs

ENRIQUE VILA-MATAS was born in Barcelona. He has received countless prizes and written numerous award-winning novels, including Bartleby & Co., Montano's Malady, Never Any End to Paris, and Dublinesque.

Anne McLean lives in Toronto and has translated the works of authors including Javier Cercas, Julio Cortázar, and Juan Gabriel Vásquez, and Enrique Vila-Matas.

Thomas Bunstead lives in England and has translated the works of Eduardo Halfon, Yuri Herrera, and Rodrigo Fresán

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Éditeur
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
081122337X
ISBN 13 
9780811223379
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
128
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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