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Books by Enrique Vila-Matas
  | | Mac's Problem by Enrique Vila-Matas, Margaret Jull Costa, Sophie Hughes Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2019 by New Directions ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-2732-2, ISBN: 0-8112-2732-4 "Enrique Vila-Matas’s new novel is perhaps his greatest: “playful and funny and among the best Spanish novelists” (Colm Tóibín) Mac is currently unemployed and lives on his wife’s earnings from her furniture restoration business. An avid reader, he decides at the age of sixty to keep a diary. Mac’s wife, Carmen, a dyslexic born of dyslexic parents, thinks he is simply wasting his time and risking sliding further into depression―but Mac p ..." |
 | | Never Any End to Paris(1st Edition) by Enrique Vila-Matas, Anne Mclean Paperback, 197 Pages, Published 2011 by New Directions ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-1813-9, ISBN: 0-8112-1813-9 "A splendid ironic portrayal of literary Paris and of a young writerâs struggles by one of Spainâs most eminent authors.This brilliantly ironic novel about literature and writing, in Vila-Matasâs trademark witty and erudite style, is told in the form of a lecture delivered by a novelist clearly a version of the author himself. The âlecturerâ tells of his two-year stint living in Marguerite Durasâs garret during the seventi ..." |
 | | Vampire in Love by Enrique Vila-Matas, Margaret Jull Costa Paperback, 282 Pages, Published 2016 by New Directions ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-2346-1, ISBN: 0-8112-2346-9 "“Arguably Spain’s most significant contemporary literary figure” (Joanna Kavenna, The New Yorker) Gathered for the first time in English, and spanning his entire career, Vampire in Love offers a selection of the Spanish master Enrique Vila-Matas’s finest short stories. An effeminate, hunchbacked barber on the verge of death falls in love with a choirboy. A fledgling writer on barbiturates visits Marguerite Duras’s Paris apartment and wa ..." |
 | | Because She Never Asked(1st Edition) (New Directions Pearls) by Enrique Vila-Matas, Valerie Miles Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 2015 by New Directions ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-2275-4, ISBN: 0-8112-2275-6 "A novella―half joke and half nightmare― by "Spain's most significant contemporary literary figure" (The New Yorker)Because She Never Asked is a story reminiscent of that reached by the travelers in Patricia Highsmith's Stranger on a Train. The author first writes a piece for the artist Sophie Calle to live out: a young, aspiring, French artist travels to Lisbon and the Azores in pursuit of an older artist whose work she’s in love with. ..." |
 | | A Brief History of Portable Literature(1st Edition) (New Directions Paperbook) by Enrique Vila-Matas, Anne Mclean, Thomas Bunstead, Tom Bunstead Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2015 by New Directions ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-2337-9, ISBN: 0-8112-2337-X "A reader’s 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.” The society is entirely imagined, but in this rollicking, intellectually playful book, its members include writers and artists like Marcel Duchamp, Aleister Crowley, Witold Gombrowi ..." |
 | | The Illogic of Kassel (New Directions Paperbook) by Enrique Vila-Matas, Anna Milsom, Anne Mclean Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2015 by New Directions ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-2149-8, ISBN: 0-8112-2149-0 "A literary look at one of Europe’s most acclaimed art exhibitions by a Spanish author “offering strange cerebral satisfactions” (Village Voice). A puzzling phone call shatters a writer’s routine. An enigmatic female voice extends a dinner invitation, and it soon becomes clear that this is an invitation to take part in the documenta, the legendary exhibition of contemporary art held every five years in Kassel, Germany. The writer’s miss ..." |
 | | Dublinesque(First American Edition.) (New Directions Paperbook) by Enrique Vila-Matas, Anne Mclean, Rosalind Harvey, Anna Milsom Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2012 by New Directions ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-1961-7, ISBN: 0-8112-1961-5 "In this novel, Enrique Vila-Matas traces a journey connecting the worlds of Joyce and Beckett, and all they symbolize.One night, a renowned and now retired literary publisher has a vivid dream that takes place in Dublin, a city he’s never visited. The central scene of the dream is a funeral in the era of Ulysses. The publisher would give anything to know if an unidentified character in his dream is the great author he always wanted to ..." |
 | | Bartleby & Co. by Enrique Vila-Matas, Jonathan Dunne Paperback, 178 Pages, Published 2007 by New Directions ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-1698-2, ISBN: 0-8112-1698-5 "A marvelous novel by one of Spain's most important contemporary authors, in which a clerk in a Barcelona office takes us on a romping tour of world literature.In Bartleby & Co., an enormously enjoyable novel, Enrique Vila-Matas tackles the theme of silence in literature: the writers and non-writers who, like the scrivener Bartleby of the Herman Melville story, in answer to any question or demand, replies: "I would prefer not to." ..." |
 | | Tools for Extinction by Naja Marie Aidt, Vi Khi Nao, Joanna Walsh, Christina Hesselholdt, Olivia Sudjic, Mara Coson, Enrique Vila-Matas, Jakuta Alikavazovic 120 Pages, Published 2020 by Lolli Editions - ISBN-13: 978-1-9999928-2-8, ISBN: 1-9999928-2-2 |
 | | The Illogic of Kassel (Paperback) by Enrique Vila-Matas, Anne Mclean, Anna Milsom Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2015 by Harvill Secker ISBN-13: 978-1-84655-878-8, ISBN: 1-84655-878-6 "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 ove ..." |
 | | Montanao's Malady (New Directions Paperbook) by Enrique Vila-Matas, Jonathan Dunne Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2007 by New Directions ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-1628-9, ISBN: 0-8112-1628-4 "A quirky, cosmopolitan novel about life and literature by the prize-winning Spanish writer Enrique Vila-Matas, author of "Bartleby & Co." 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 ..." |
 | | Never Any End to Paris by Enrique Vila-Matas, Anne Mclean, Enri Vila-Matas Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2015 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-09-958746-0, ISBN: 0-09-958746-7 "A splendid ironic portrayal of literary Paris and of a young writer’s struggles by one of Spain’s most eminent authors. This brilliantly ironic novel about literature and writing, in Vila-Matas’s trademark witty and erudite style, is told in the form of a lecture delivered by a novelist clearly a version of the author himself. The “lecturer” tells of his two-year stint living in Marguerite Duras’s garret during the seventies, spending t ..." |
 | | Never Any End to Paris by Enrique Vila-Matas, Anne Mclean Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2014 by Harvill Secker ISBN-13: 978-1-84655-804-7, ISBN: 1-84655-804-2 "A splendid ironic portrayal of literary Paris and of a young writer’s struggles by one of Spain’s most eminent authors. This brilliantly ironic novel about literature and writing, in Vila-Matas’s trademark witty and erudite style, is told in the form of a lecture delivered by a novelist clearly a version of the author himself. The “lecturer” tells of his two-year stint living in Marguerite Duras’s garret during the seventies, spending t ..." |
 | | Dublinesque by Enrique Vila-Matas, Anne Mclean, Rosalind Harvey Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2013 by Vintage International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-09-955584-1, ISBN: 0-09-955584-0 "This title is shortlisted for the independent foreign fiction prize. "A writer who has no equal in the contemporary landscape of the Spanish novel". (Roberto Bolano). Samuel Riba is about to turn 60. A successful publisher in Barcelona, he is increasingly prone to attacks of anxiety and, looking for distraction, he concocts a spur-of-the-moment trip to Dublin, a city he has never visited but once dreamed about. He sets off for Dublin on ..." |
 | | Dublinesque by Enrique Vila-Matas, Rosalind Harvey, Anne Mclean Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2012 by Harvill Secker International Edition ISBN-13: 978-1-84655-489-6, ISBN: 1-84655-489-6 "This title was shortlisted for the 2013 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Samuel Riba is about to turn 60. A successful publisher in Barcelona, he has edited many of his generation's most important authors. But he is increasingly prone to attacks of anxiety - inspired partly by giving up alcohol, and partly by his worries about the future of the book. Looking for distraction, he concocts a spur-of-the-moment trip to Dublin, a city he h ..." |
 | | Bartleby & Co.(Updated) by Enrique Vila-Matas, Jonathan Dunne Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2004 by New Directions ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-1591-6, ISBN: 0-8112-1591-1 "A marvelous novel by one of Spain's most important contemporary authors, in which a clerk in a Barcelona office takes us on a romping tour of world literature.In Bartleby & Co., an enormously enjoyable novel, Enrique Vila-Matas tackles the theme of silence in literature: the writers and non-writers who, like the scrivener Bartleby of the Herman Melville story, in answer to any question or demand, replies: "I would prefer not to." ..." |
 | | Enrique Vila-Matas Cabinet d'amateur, an oblique novel (La Caixa Collection / Coleccion la Caixa) by Enrique Vila-Matas Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2019 by Whitechapel Gallery ISBN-13: 978-0-85488-273-1, ISBN: 0-85488-273-1 "Spain’s "la Caixa" Collection is showcased in four “chapters,” each curated by a contemporary writer whose new fiction accompanies their selections. Here, for the first exhibition, Spanish novelist Enrique Vila-Matas (born 1948) selects works by Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Miquel Barceló, Dora García and Gerhard Richter." |
 | | My Two Worlds(1st Edition) by Sergio Chejfec, Enrique Vila-Matas, Margaret B. Carson Paperback, 103 Pages, Published 2011 by Open Letter ISBN-13: 978-1-934824-28-3, ISBN: 1-934824-28-3 "Approaching his fiftieth birthday, the narrator in My Two Worlds is wandering in an unfamiliar Brazilian city, in search of a park. A walker by inclination and habit, he has decided to explore the city after attending a literary conference—he was invited following the publication of his most recent novel, although, as he has been informed via anonymous e-mail, the novel is not receiving good reviews. Initially thwarted by his inability ..." |
 | | Bartleby & Co.(Updated) by Enrique Vila-Matas, Jonathan Dunne Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2005 by Vintage Books Usa ISBN-13: 978-0-09-945372-7, ISBN: 0-09-945372-X "Marcelo, a clerk in a Barcelona office who might himself have emerged from a novel by Kafka, inhabits a world peopled by characters in literature. He once wrote a novel about the impossibility of love, but since then he has written nothing. He has, in short, become a 'Bartleby', so named after the character in Herman Melville's short story who, when asked to do something, always replied: 'I would prefer not to.' One day Marcelo sets out ..." |
 | | Mac and His Problem by Enrique Vila-Matas 288 Pages, Published 2019 by Random House ISBN-13: 978-1-4735-5405-4, ISBN: 1-4735-5405-5 "Intricate, erudite and practically fizzing on the page, Mac and His Problem is a masterpiece of metafiction and a testament to the power and playfulness of great literature." |
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