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A Brief History of Portable Literature
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ISBN10: 081122337X
ISBN13: 9780811223379
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: Jun 9 2015
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780811223379
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: Jun 9 2015
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
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 GarcÃa 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.
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