A Brief History of Portable Literature

by Enrique Vila-Matas

An author (a version of Vila-Matas himself) presents a short "history" of a secret society, the Shandies, who are obsessed with the concept of "portable literature." The society is entirely imagined, but in this rollicking, intellectually playful book, its members include writers and artists like Marcel Duchamp, Aleister Crowley, Witold Gombrowicz, Federico Garc a Lorca, Man Ray, and Georgia O'Keefe. The Shandies meet secretly in apartments, hotels,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081122337X
• ISBN13: 9780811223379
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 7.9"