The Illogic of Kassel: Enrique Vila-Matas

Vila-Matas, Enrique

ISBN 10: 0099597845 / ISBN 13: 9780099597841

Published by Vintage, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Illogic of Kassel: Enrique Vila-Matas
• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0099597845
• ISBN 13: 9780099597841
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

A puzzling phone call shatters a writer’s routine. An enigmatic female voice extends an invitation to take part in Documenta, the legendary contemporary art exhibition held every five years in Kassel, Germany. The writer’s mission will be to transform himself into a living art installation, by sitting down to write every morning in a Chinese restaurant on the outskirts of town.

Once in Kassel, the writer is surprised to find himself overcome by good cheer. As he strolls through the city, spurred on by his spontaneous, quirky response to art, he begins to make sense of the wonders that surround him.

'A writer who has no equal in the contemporary landscape of the Spanish novel'
Roberto Bolaño

'Vila-Matas's work made a tremendous impression on me'
Paul Auster

About the Author

Enrique Vila-Matas was born in Barcelona in 1948. His novels have been translated into eleven languages and honored by many prestigious literary awards including the Prix Médicis Etranger. Author of Bartleby & Co., Montano’s Malady, and Never Any End to Paris, he has received Europe’s most prestigious awards and been translated into twenty-seven languages.

Anne McLean has won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize twice, as well as the Premio Valle Incla´n. She has translated the works of Javier Cercas, Julio Cortázar, Carmen Martín Gaite, Ignacio Padilla, and Evelio Rosero.

Anna Milsom, b. 1951, is an acclaimed experimental artist.