Dublinesque

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDEPENDENT FOREIGN FICTION PRIZE’A writer who has no equal in the contemporary landscape of the Spanish novel.’ Roberto BolañoSamuel Riba is about to turn 60. A successful publisher in Barcelona, he is increasingly prone to attacks of anxiety and, looking for distraction, he concocts a spur-of-the-moment trip to Dublin, a city he has never visited but once dreamed about.He sets off for Dublin on the pretext of honouring James Joyce’s Ulysses on Bloomsday. But as he and his friends gather in the cemetery to give their orations, a mysterious figure in a mackintosh resembling Joyce’s protégé Samuel Beckett hovers in the background. Is it Beckett, or is it the writer of genius that Riba has spent his whole career trying, and failing, to find?

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Weight 0.223 kg
Dimensions 1.9 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
Format
language1
Pages

320

Publisher

Year Published

2013-5-9

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

0099555840

About The Author

Born in Barcelona in 1948, Enrique Vila-Matas is widely considered to be one of Spain's most important contemporary novelists, and Dublinesque has been declared his masterpiece. His extraordinary oeuvre, translated into 30 languages, includes Bartleby & Co, Montano (longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize) and Never Any End to Paris (a finalist for the Best Translated Book Award).

One of the most pleasurable and joyous novels of the year

Other text

A brilliant, funny novel; an expertly woven tapestry of literary allusions… Enrique Vila-Matas has created a masterpiece

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