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A Brief History of Portable Literature
General Fiction便携式文学简史
(spain) Enrique Villa Matas
"A Brief History of Portable Literature" is a famous work by the famous contemporary Spanish writer Enrique Villa-Matas. In the 1920s, Marcel Duchamp, Walter Benjamin, George Antheil, Scott Fitzgerald, Georgia O'Keeffe, Man Ray, Paul Klee... These outstanding artists, philosophers and writers were all members of the Tristram Shandy Society. To join the "Tristram Shandy Society", two conditions must be met: first, all his works should not be heavy and should be easily packed into a suitcase; second, he must be a perfect bachelor machine. From Mirror Street 1 in Zurich (in front of the Tavern Voltaire) to Prague and Seville, the Tristrams went further and further.
"A Brief History of Portable Literature" is a famous work by the famous contemporary Spanish writer Enrique Villa-Matas. In the 1920s, Marcel Duchamp, Walter Benjamin, George Antheil, Scott Fitzgerald, Georgia O'Keeffe, Man Ray, Paul Klee... These outstanding artists, philosophers and writers were all members of the Tristram Shandy Society. To join the "Tristram Shandy Society", two conditions must be met: first, all his works should not be heavy and should be easily packed into a suitcase; second, he must be a perfect bachelor machine. From Mirror Street 1 in Zurich (in front of the Tavern Voltaire) to Prague and Seville, the Tristrams went further and further.