
Historia abreviada de la literatura portátil
Anagrama, 1985; PRH-DeBolsillo, 2015
Translations
Brasil / Cosac & Naify; Francia / Bourgois, 1990 / Pocket, Titres, 2006; Italia / Feltrinelli, 1989 / Alet, 2008; Portugal / Assírio & Alvim, 1997 / Campo das Letras, 2006; Turquía / Can; USA / New Directions; Japan / Heibonsha; China / Shanghai 99
Theatrical adaptation rights: JumpCut
Press
«A work of compulsory reading for anyone interested in the evolution of the Spanish novel.» Miguel García-Posada, Abc
«Since his Historia abreviada…, shandy Vila-Matas has enjoyed the fervour of the Mexican readers.» Christopher Domínguez Michael, Vuelta
Synopsis
(A Brief History of Portable Literature). You have in your hands the most emblematic, almost legendary, work by Enrique Vila-Matas. Published in 1985, Historia abreviada de la literatura portátil was immediately translated into a large number of languages and, beyond the pages of the book, caused various conspiracies in real life.
The Shandy conspiracy, or secret society of portables, was founded in 1924 at the mouth of the River Niger and dissolved three years later after an outrageous scandal in Seville. Among those who formed part of the Shandy conjecture were Duchamp, Scott Fitzgerald, Walter Benjamin, César Vallejo, Rita Malú, Valery Larbaud, García Lorca, Pola Negri, Berta Bocado, Alberto Savinio and Georgia O’Keefe. There were two essential requirements for joining the secret society: one was that the person’s artistic works should be portable, that is, they should not be heavy to carry and should be easy to transport in a suitcase; and the other condition was that they should function as perfect single machines: extreme sex, innovative spirit, an absence of grand plans, insolence, tense coexistence with the double, sympathy towards blackness and tireless nomadism.
- Cabinet d’amateur, an oblique novel
- Esta bruma insensata
- Impón tu suerte
- Doctor Pasavento + Bastian Schneider
- Mac y su contratiempo
- Marienbad eléctrico
- Bartleby y compañía
- Dietario Voluble
- Suicidios ejemplares
- Kassel no invita a la lógica
- París no se acaba nunca
- Niña
- Fuera de aquí
- Extraña forma de vida
- El mal de Montano
- Aire de Dylan
- Hijos sin hijos
- Una vida absolutamente maravillosa. Ensayos selectos
- El viajero más lento. El arte de no terminar nada
- Chet Baker piensa en su arte. Relatos selectos
- En un lugar solitario. Narrativa 1973-1984
- Lejos de Veracruz
- Dublinesca
- Perder teorías
- Ella era Hemingway / No soy Auster
- El viento ligero en Parma
- Exploradores del abismo
- Desde la ciudad nerviosa
- El viaje vertical
- Para acabar con los números redondos
- Recuerdos inventados
- Una casa para siempre
- Impostura
- La asesina ilustrada
MB Authors Fiction
- Pepa AGUAR
- Pablo ARANDA
- Juan Luis ARSUAGA
- Manuel ASTUR
- Joan BARRIL
- Nuria BARRIOS
- María BASTARÓS
- Felipe BENÍTEZ REYES
- Joan-Daniel BEZSONOFF
- Juan BONILLA
- Emilio BUESO
- Leonardo CANO
- Pablo CARBONELL
- Martín CASARIEGO
- Nicolás CASARIEGO
- Paula CIFUENTES
- Juan CUADRA
- Elizabeth DUVAL
- Maria ESCALAS
- Cristina FALLARÁS
- Eneko FERNÁNDEZ
- Laura FERRERO
- Josep Maria FONALLERAS
- Albert FORNS CANAL
- Olivia GALLO
- Ignacio GARCÍA-VALIÑO
- José A. GARRIGA VELA
- David B. GIL
- Santi GIMÉNEZ
- Marcos GIRALT TORRENTE
- Ismael GRASA
- Javier GUTIÉRREZ
- Najat El HACHMI
- Alicia KOPF
- Use LAHOZ
- Lucía LIJTMAER
- Ignacio MARTÍNEZ DE PISóN
- Ana MERINO
- Luna MIGUEL
- Miquel OBIOLS
- Bruno ORO
- Miqui OTERO
- Vicenç PAGÈS JORDÀ
- Enric PARDO
- Concepción PEREA
- Juan Manuel DE PRADA
- Jordi PUNTÍ
- Llucia RAMIS
- Antonio J. RODRÍGUEZ
- Félix ROMEO
- Gemma RUIZ
- Màrius SERRA
- Ramon SOLSONA
- David TRUEBA
- Juan VICO
- Enrique VILA-MATAS
- Rosario VILLAJOS
- Rolando VILLAZÓN
- Pedro ZARRALUKI