A Brief History of Portable Literature

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 Garc a 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.

Author: Enrique Vila-Matas
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 06/09/2015
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9780811223379
ISBN10: 081122337X
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | General