The Illogic of Kassel (New Directions Paperbook), by Enrique Vila-Matas
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A literary look at one of Europe’s most acclaimed art exhibitions by a Spanish author “offering strange cerebral satisfactions” (Village Voice).
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 living art installation. Once in Kassel, the writer is surprised to find himself overcome by good cheer as he strolls through the city, spurred on by the endless supply of energy at the heart of the exhibition. This is his spontaneous, quirky response to art, rising up against pessimism.With humor, profundity, and a sharp eye, Enrique Vila-Matas tells the story of a solitary man, who, roaming the streets amid oddities and wonder, takes it upon himself to translate from a language he does not understand. The Illogic of Kassel (New Directions Paperbook), by Enrique Vila-Matas- Amazon Sales Rank: #625753 in Books
- Brand: Vila-Matas, Enrique/ McLean, Anne (TRN)/ Milsom, Anna (TRN)
- Published on: 2015-06-09
- Released on: 2015-06-09
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x .70" w x 5.30" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 256 pages
Review “An enjoyable journey through the mind of a magnificent Spanish author.” (Publishers Weekly)“I don't know Vila-Matas personally, nor am I planning to meet him. I prefer to read him and let his literature pervade me.” (Pedro Almódovar)“An elegant and ironic writer. Vila-Matas is one of Spain's most distinguished novelists.” (Rachel Nolan - The New York Times)“Enrique Vila-Matas has pioneered one of the contemporary literature's most interesting responses to the great Modernist writers.” (The Paris Review)“Vila-Matas leads the reader through a whimsical tour of art installations and occurrences, all the while referencing authors and artists that enhance how his narrator perceives (e.g. Kafka, Walser, Roussel, Gaddis, Duchamp, Dali, and Calle).” (Rob Stephenson - Rain Taxi)“For Vila-Matas, literature is a chamber of echoes. But rather than thinking of this as a criticism, this is to be embraced―one of literature’s eternal beauties.” (Tristan Foster - Words Without Borders)“Vila-Matas is a remarkable ironist, a skill he deploys throughout Kassel and A Brief History as sly humour, but also as a destabilization technique to create nebulous, discomfiting spaces…” (Pasha Mall - The Globe and Mail)
About the Author Enrique Vila-Matas was born in Barcelona in 1948. His novels have been translated into eleven languages and honored by many prestigious literary awards including the Prix Médicis Etranger. Author of Bartleby & Co., Montano’s Malady, and Never Any End to Paris, he has received Europe’s most prestigious awards and been translated into twenty-seven languages.Anne McLean has won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize twice, as well as the Premio Valle Inclán. She has translated the works of Javier Cercas, Julio Cortázar, Carmen Martín Gaite, Ignacio Padilla, and Evelio Rosero.Anna Milsom, b. 1951, is an acclaimed experimental artist.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Recognizing Wyatt in Contemporary Art By Mr. Feddle I did not attend dOCUMENTA(13) in 2012, or any of Kassel's previous 5-yearly extravaganzas, but I was struck by an uncanny sense of recognition while reading Mr. Vila-Matas unique and brilliant book. Grand-scale, provocatively-conceived displays of contemporary art have the potential to do strange things to those of us who enter into its these creative, immersive worlds from the outside, especially for those of a literary persuasion who write or generally profess ideas in words for a living. We can be bewitched by the way artists and curators can make ideas materialize, project hypotheses, generate arguments and then invite us to participate in their meanings and their truths. If we are willing to follow their threads and clues, make associations and leaps and be curious and open, we can experience art in a way that we recognize from those first encounters (and fevered rereadings) of classic avant-garde literature and radical philosophy. Mr Vila-Matas has written a personal and polemic ode to the contemporary power of art to not only blow new life into literature (and this endlessly inventive author's place in it), but also to initiate a novel form of creative art writing and theoretical fiction in the process. When read alongside the Frieze Documenta Reader (released as an e-book before dOCUMENTA(13) opened), you'll thank Mr. Vila-Matas for radically changing the rules about writing the histories and experiences of contemporary art exhibitons.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. This is one of the best books I've read this year By Hugo Minor This is one of the best books I've read this year. It has all the elements of great fiction. The story is funny, insightful about art, and takes the reader on a journey along with the narrator. It has a wonderful blend of fact and fiction, and the narrator takes you through the sometimes-absurd, often-amazing journey through the contemporary art world. Every page had me pausing to enjoy his observations about art, the creation of art, and also had amazing meditations on loneliness, the interconnectedness of strangers, and more. A really great read, and as a new fan of Vila-Matas, I am now reading his other translated works!
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. It could have been boring but I found it By Annie Very interesting idea to use a real event and real characters but treat the book as fiction. Made me want to visit the art festival. It could have been boring but I found it fascinating
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