A Brief History of Portable Literature

A Brief History of Portable Literature Enrique Vila-Matas

Author: Enrique Vila-Matas
Date: 12 Jun 2015
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Original Languages: English
Format: Paperback::128 pages, ePub, Audiobook
ISBN10: 081122337X
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Excerpts from A Brief History of Portable Literature Enrique Vila-Matas "Strange characters live here, similar to shadows: beings not of woman born, whose ways of thinking and acting are pieced together from random fragments. When they pass through my spirit, I feel more inclined than ever to believe that dreams have an abode all… Download Full A Brief History Of Portable Literature Book in PDF, EPUB, Mobi and All Ebook Format. Also, You Can Read Online A Brief History Of Portable Literature Full Book Compre o livro A Brief History of Portable Literature na confira as ofertas para livros em ingl�s e importados So I was delighted to come across A Brief History of Portable Literature. This brief, playful book is a pleasure, even though I spent as much time looking up the writers mentioned as I did in reading the actual text. And that's even with the fact that I seem to have similar tastes to Vila-Matas and had read more than half the writers mentioned. During the course of Portable Literature, we get to meet the many characters who loved the little, praised the puny, boosted the brief, loved the lilliputian, thrilled at the teenies, demanded the dinky diminutive, and probably would have relished the eenie-weenie polka-dot bikini. A readers fictional tour of the art and lives of some of the great 20th-century Surrealists 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. Excerpts from A Brief History of Portable Literature Enrique Vila-Matas “Strange characters live here, similar to shadows: beings not of woman born, whose ways of thinking and acting are pieced together from random fragments. The complete review's Review: A Brief History of Portable Literature is a work of fiction masquerading as literary history, an often Borgesian-style fantasy that uses real-life literary figures and other artists, (re)imagines some as portable litt�rateurs, and describes their involvement in and around a 'Shandyist' (as in, among other A Brief History of Portable Literature Fiction Enrique Vila-Matas. Translated from the Spanish Thomas Bunstead Anne McLean. 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.” A Brief History of Portable Literature is not an ideal starting point for those unacquainted with Vila-Matas but for those of us who have already learned to love him, we can only take delight that more of his work is becoming available in English. A Brief History of Portable Literature (New Directions Paperbook) 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, Home � Spain � Enrique Vila-Matas � Historia abreviada de la literatura port�til (A Brief History of Portable Literature) Enrique Vila-Matas: Historia abreviada de la literatura port�til (A Brief History of Portable Literature) If you have read any other Vila-Matas literary ramblings, the format of this book will be familiar to you. Enrique Vila-Matas, 1985 Translated from the Spanish Anne McLean & Thomas Bunstead, 2015 "as is well known, to be born is to begin to die." (13) A Brief History of Portable Literature is a brief novella with much to say in a complex and whimsical way of saying it. This is the story of… A reader's fictional tour of the art and lives of some of the great 20th-century SurrealistsAn 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. PORTABLE LITERATURE: READING, REACTING, WRITING, Ninth Edition, includes a wide selection of essential classic and contemporary readings along with brief introductions to the literary genres, useful study questions and prompts, and a down-to-earth, accessible guide to writing about literature.

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