Enrique Vila Matas Livres

Série d'éloges qui sont autant de variations sur les sujets les plus variés : la Bible, la librairie, l'horreur, le plaisir, les animaux, le blasphème ou la France.

" Mallarmé ou Rimbaud ? " demande Marguerite Duras à son locataire qui aspire à écrire, ne comprend pas - une fois de plus - sa question et s'en étrangle. C'est que, lui avait expliqué un camarade d'exil, Marguerite parle un " français supérieur ". En fait, sommé de choisir entre deux options littéraires - la nomade et la sédentaire -, bien que s'identifiant à Hemingway, le narrateur se prononce pour la deuxième, craignant que son étrange logeuse ne l'enjoigne à partir à l'aventure et à libérer la mansarde dont il oublie de lui payer le loyer. En revisitant ironiquement ses malheureuses années d'apprentissage à Paris, ce double de Vila-Matas découvre que malgré tout, comme a dit John Ashbery : après avoir vécu à Paris, on est incapable de vivre ailleurs, y compris à Paris.

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE Enrique Vila-Matas's new novel is perhaps his greatest: 'playful and funny and among the best Spanish novelists' Colm Tóibín Sixty-something Mac is not writing a novel. He is writing a diary, which no one will ever read. His wife, Carmen, thinks he is wasting his time. But Mac persists, diligently recording his daily walks through the neighbourhood during the hottest summer Barcelona has seen in over a century. But soon he notices that life is exhibiting strange literary overtones, and in the sweltering heat, he becomes ever more immersed in literature - a literature haunted by death but alive with the sheer pleasure of writing. Intricate, erudite and practically fizzing on the page, Mac and His Problem is a masterpiece of metafiction and a testament to the power and playfulness of great literature. 'So deeply comical on the one hand, and so deeply poignant on the other, that you just have to give yourself up to it because you're in the hands of a master' Paul Auster '[Vila-Matas] chooses humour in a way that allows him to have big ideas while relentlessly making fun of them' Sunday Telegraph

Gonzalez-Foerster works experimentally. Engaging with the exhibition as a medium, her spatial inventions and investigations probe the notion of display, as well as how an image or scene is experienced. Drawing on wide-ranging references from music, literature, film, architecture and pop culture, the artist creates densely layered environments with the ability to transport viewers into alternative narrative, temporal and psychological dimensions.00Alienarium 5 is a speculative environment that invites us to imagine possible encounters with extraterrestrials. The catalogue is a culmination of her decades-long interest in science fiction and continued research into deep space and alien life. Conceived site-specifically for Serpentine, the exhibition will feature almost entirely new work that engages both the gallery?s internal and external space.00Exhibition: Serpentine Gallery, London, United Kingdom (14.04. - 04.09.2022).

The novel features Jose, a writer whose obsession with literature blurs the lines between reality and fiction. It combines elements of a picaresque tale, diary, memoir, and philosophical reflections, weaving through the lives of notable authors like Cervantes and Kafka. As Jose navigates his personal struggles and memories, he takes readers on an intriguing journey across various European cities and beyond. With its sharp wit and intellectual depth, the work showcases Enrique Vila-Matas's status as a significant contemporary Spanish writer.

Maria Lima Mendes hat er geliebt, der Erzähler Marcelo, der vor 25 Jahren seinen Roman veröffentlichte und seither ein trauriges Dasein als Büroangestellter fristet. Er leidet am Bartleby-Syndrom. Wie Robert Walser. Und auch Jerome D. Salinger: ein Bartleby ist ein Schriftsteller, der sich dem Schreiben verweigert. Benannt nach der Figur Herman Melvilles, der seinem Vorgesetzten stets antwortete: »Ich würde es vorziehen, es nicht zu tun.« Eine literarische Montage des katalanischen Literaturstars Enrique Vila-Matas. »Ein großartiges und äußerst inspirierendes Werk, ein Buch von allerhöchstem, vom Weltrang.« El Pais

Invitado en Lyon a un simposio internacional sobre la novela, un doble del escritor Vila-Matas es dejado por un taxi en su hotel sin que allí nadie le dé la bienvenida. En la soledad de su habitación redacta una teoría general de la novela, incidiendo especialmente en los cinco elementos que deben reunir los textos para pertenecer al nuevo siglo, mientras la organización que le ha invitado a Lyon sigue sin ponerse en contacto con él. De regreso a Barcelona, le parece descubrir la futilidad de todo ensayo y de todo viaje y quizás incluso la futilidad de todo, de modo que acabará destruyendo la teoría, si bien ésta podría servirle a alguien para escribir Dublinesca.