There are writers who can be mistaken for literature itself, they divide into a physical and metaphorical persona, made of words and phrases that have been written down throughout time by other writers.
Enrique Vila-Matas, is just like one of these human books who wanders freely around the world. Light wind in Parma is a journey through literature. This collection of essays, stories and reflections on writers, books, films, and places is a journey to the border between fiction and reality – where fiction and reality become life itself.
There are writers who can be mistaken for literature itself, they divide into a physical and metaphorical persona, made of words and phrases that have been written down throughout time by other writers.
Enrique Vila-Matas, is just like one of these human books who wanders freely around the world. Light wind in Parma is a journey through literature. This collection of essays, stories and reflections on writers, books, films, and places is a journey to the border between fiction and reality – where fiction and reality become life itself.
Montevideo | Seix-Barral, 2022
This Senseless Fog | Seix Barral, 2019
Cabinet d'Amateur, an Oblique Novel | Whitechapel, 2019
Try Your Luck | Círculo de Tiza, 2018
Mac's Problem | Seix Barral, 2017
Marienbad Electric | Seix Barral, 2016
Kassel Does Not Call For Logic | Seix Barral, 2014
Girl | Alfaguara Infantil, 2013
Away From Here | Galaxia Gutenberg, 2013
Dylan's Air | Seix Barral, 2012
Children without Children | Anagrama, 1993; PRH/DeBolsillo, 2012
An Absolutely Wonderful Life. Selected Essays | PRH/Debolsillo, 2011
The slowest traveller. The art of finishing nothing | Anagram, 1992; Seix Barral, 2011
Chet Baker thinks about his art | RHM - DEBOLSILLO, 2011
In a Lonely Place | RHM - DEBOLSILLO, 2011
Dublinesque | Seix Barral, 2010; Debolsillo, 2011
Losing Theories | Seix Barral, 2010. Colección Únicos
She was Hemingway, I’m not Auster | Alfabia, 2008
Volatile Diary | Anagrama, 2008; PRH/DeBolsillo, 2016
Explorers in the Abyss | Anagrama, 2007
Doctor Pasavento + Bastian Schneider | Anagrama, 2005; PRH/DeBolsillo, 2016; Seix Barral, 2017
Paris Never Ends | Anagrama, 2004; Seix Barral, 2013; PRH/DeBolsillo, 2014
Montano’s Malady | Anagrama, 2002; Seix Barral, 2012; PRH/DeBolsillo, 2013
Bartleby & Co | Anagrama, 2000; Seix Barral, 2015; PRH/DeBolsillo, 2016
From the Restless City | Alfaguara, 2000
The Vertical Journey | Anagrama, 1999
In Order to End Up with Round Numbers | Pre-Textos, 1997
Strange Way of Life | Anagrama, 1997; PRH/DeBolsillo, 2013
A Long Way from Veracruz | Anagrama, 1995; PRH/DeBolsillo, 2011
Invented memories | Anagrama, 1994; Compactos, 2007
Exemplary Suicides | Anagrama, 1991; PRH/DeBolsillo, 2015
A House For Ever | Anagrama, 1988 / Compactos, 2002
A Brief History of Portable Literature | Anagrama, 1985; PRH-DeBolsillo, 2015
Imposture | Anagrama, 1984
An Enlightened Murderess | Tusquets, 1977 / Lengua de Trapo, 1996 / Lumen, illustrated edition, 2005