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Dublinesque
Enrique Vila-Matas
Dublinesque
Enrique Vila-Matas
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 meet, or the ghostly angel who abandoned him during childhood. As the days go by, he will come to understand that his vision of the end of an era was prophetic.
Enrique Vila-Matas traces a journey that connects the worlds of Joyce and Beckett, revealing the difficulties faced by literary authors, publishers, and good readers in a society where literature is losing influence. A robust work, Dublinesque is a masterwork of irony, humor, and erudition by one of Spain?s most celebrated living authors.
320 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | December 31, 2012 |
ISBN13 | 9780811219617 |
Publishers | New Directions Publishing Corporation |
Pages | 320 |
Dimensions | 132 × 203 × 17 mm · 270 g |
Language | English |
Contributor | Anne McLean |
Contributor | Rosalind Harvey |
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