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A Brief History of Portable LiteratureAn 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,
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.Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 06/09/2015
ISBN: 9780811223379
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.40d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 03/23/2015
Library Journal 06/01/2015 pg. 94
Booklist 06/01/2015 pg. 38
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