Dublinesque
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2013
Summary
From one of Spain’s greatest writers, a witty, moving novel about art, life, death and James Joyce.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDEPENDENT FOREIGN FICTION PRIZE
“A writer who has no equal in the contemporary landscape of the Spanish novel.” - Roberto Bolaño
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 visite…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099555841 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099555840 |
| Author: | Enrique Vila-Matas, Anne McLean, Rosalind Harvey |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2013 |
| Weight: | 223g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 19mm |
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Critics Review
One of the most pleasurable and joyous novels of the year
One of the most pleasurable and joyous novels of the year – John Self * Independent *A brilliant, funny novel; an expertly woven tapestry of literary allusions… Enrique Vila-Matas has created a masterpiece – Jacqueline McCarrick * Times Literary Supplement *Hugely entertaining…Vila-Matas enjoyed himself writing Dublinesque, that is obvious, and the reader will also enjoy – and collaborate in – this delightful literary exercise that is clever without being knowing, lightly erudite but never pretentious – Eileen Battersby * Irish Times *Vila Matas’s novel is full of spectres, absences, near-misses… Like Becket, it is apocalypse without the drama… Dublinesque is a postmodern meditation on a high modernist text, full of cryptic crosses between fiction and reality – Terry Eagleton * London Review of Books *An extremely clever book, an obvious affection response to Joyce, to Ulysses , to all serious literature – Kevin Breathnach * Totally Dublin *An exquisite and original book in which literature does not make us think about life: it is life * Le Magazine Littéraire *The masterpiece of one of Spain’s leading writers * Cara Magazine *A true literary treat * El Mundo *
About The Author
Enrique Vila-Matas
Born in Barcelona in 1948, Enrique Vila-Matas is widely considered to be one of Spain’s most important contemporary novelists, and Dublinesque has been declared his masterpiece. His extraordinary oeuvre, translated into 30 languages, includes Bartleby & Co, Montano (longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize) and Never Any End to Paris (a finalist for the Best Translated Book Award).
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