The illogic of Kassel

Enrique Vila-Matas

Translated by Anna Milsom earliest edition we have, 2015 this edition, 2015 220 pages

New Directions paperbook -- 1307

A puzzling phone call shatters a writer's routine. An enigmatic female voice extends a dinner invitation, and it soon becomes clear that this is an invitation to take part in the documenta, the legendary exhibition of contemporary art held every five years in Kassel, Germany. The writer's mission will be to sit down to write every morning in a Chinese restaurant on the outskirts of town, transforming himself into a l...

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Anna Milsom 1 printing we hold · 2015

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The illogic of Kassel edition · 2015 · Harvill Secker · 220 pages · 9781846558788
The illogic of Kassel edition · 2015 · 220 pages · 9780811221498

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