Bartleby & Co.

Enrique Vila-Matas

Original title: Bartleby & Co

first published 2000 Vintage, 2005 paperback 192 pages

Tells the story of a hunchback who is a failed writer that has no luck with women. He is a self-described "Bartleby", named after the Herman Melville character; someone who, when asked to reveal information about themselves, will respond that they "would prefer not to."

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Jonathan Dunne 1 printing we hold · 2007 · New Directions

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Bartleby & Co. paperback · 2007 · New Directions · 192 pages · 9780811216982
Bartleby and Co paperback · 2005 · Vintage · 192 pages · 9780099453727
Bartleby & Co. hardcover · 2000 · New Directions · 178 pages · 9780811215916

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