Montanao's Malady by Enrique Vilamatas
The narrator of Montano’s Malady is a writer named Jose who is so obsessed with literature that he finds it impossible to distinguish between real life and fictional reality. Part picaresque novel, part intimate diary, part memoir and philosophical musings, Enrique Vila-Matas has created a labyrinth in which writers as various as Cervantes, Sterne, Kafka, Musil, Bolano, Coetzee, and Sebald cross endlessly surprising paths. Trying to piece together his life of loss and pain, Jose leads the reader on an unsettling journey from European cities such as Nantes, Barcelona, Lisbon, Prague and Budapest to the Azores and the Chilean port of Valparaiso. Exquisitely witty and erudite, it confirms the opinion of Bernardo Axtaga that Vila-Matas is "the most important living Spanish writer."
MrVila-Matas shows that the reasons for (and the consequences of) not writing fiction can, in a funny way, be almost as rich and complicated as fiction itself. -- The Economist
[Vila-Matas is] one of the most curious, original and attractive talents in contemporary Spanish writing. -- Rafael Conte - ABC
Vila-Matas's touch is light and whimsical, while his allusions encompass a rogue's gallery of world literature. -- Time Out New York
[Vila-Matas is] one of the most curious, original and attractive talents in contemporary Spanish writing. -- Rafael Conte - ABC
Vila-Matas's touch is light and whimsical, while his allusions encompass a rogue's gallery of world literature. -- Time Out New York
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. Jonathan Dunne was born in Kingston-upon-Thames, England, in 1968 and studied Classics at Oxford University. He is director of the publishing house Small Stations Press. He translates from Bulgarian, Catalan, Galician and Spanish into English.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780811216289 |
| ISBN 10 | 0811216284 |
| Title | Montanao's Malady |
| Author | Enrique Vilamatas |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | New Directions Publishing Corporation |
| Year published | 2007-06-05 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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