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El viento ligero en Parma

Light Wind in Parma | México, Sexto Piso, 2004 / España, 2008

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.

El viento ligero en Parma

Light Wind in Parma | México, Sexto Piso, 2004 / España, 2008

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

Montevideo | Seix-Barral, 2022

Esta bruma insensata

This Senseless Fog | Seix Barral, 2019

Cabinet d’amateur, an oblique novel

Cabinet d'Amateur, an Oblique Novel | Whitechapel, 2019

Impón tu suerte

Try Your Luck | Círculo de Tiza, 2018

Mac y su contratiempo

Mac's Problem | Seix Barral, 2017

Marienbad eléctrico

Marienbad Electric | Seix Barral, 2016

Kassel no invita a la lógica

Kassel Does Not Call For Logic | Seix Barral, 2014

Niña

Girl | Alfaguara Infantil, 2013

Fuera de aquí

Away From Here | Galaxia Gutenberg, 2013

Aire de Dylan

Dylan's Air | Seix Barral, 2012

Hijos sin hijos

Children without Children | Anagrama, 1993; PRH/DeBolsillo, 2012

Una vida absolutamente maravillosa. Ensayos selectos

An Absolutely Wonderful Life. Selected Essays | PRH/Debolsillo, 2011

El viajero más lento. El arte de no terminar nada

The slowest traveller. The art of finishing nothing | Anagram, 1992; Seix Barral, 2011

Chet Baker piensa en su arte. Relatos selectos

Chet Baker thinks about his art | RHM - DEBOLSILLO, 2011

En un lugar solitario. Narrativa 1973-1984

In a Lonely Place | RHM - DEBOLSILLO, 2011

Dublinesca

Dublinesque | Seix Barral, 2010; Debolsillo, 2011

Perder teorías

Losing Theories | Seix Barral, 2010. Colección Únicos

Ella era Hemingway / No soy Auster

She was Hemingway, I’m not Auster | Alfabia, 2008

Dietario Voluble

Volatile Diary | Anagrama, 2008; PRH/DeBolsillo, 2016

Exploradores del abismo

Explorers in the Abyss | Anagrama, 2007

Doctor Pasavento + Bastian Schneider

Doctor Pasavento + Bastian Schneider | Anagrama, 2005; PRH/DeBolsillo, 2016; Seix Barral, 2017

París no se acaba nunca

Paris Never Ends | Anagrama, 2004; Seix Barral, 2013; PRH/DeBolsillo, 2014

El mal de Montano

Montano’s Malady | Anagrama, 2002; Seix Barral, 2012; PRH/DeBolsillo, 2013

Bartleby y compañía

Bartleby & Co | Anagrama, 2000; Seix Barral, 2015; PRH/DeBolsillo, 2016

Desde la ciudad nerviosa

From the Restless City | Alfaguara, 2000

El viaje vertical

The Vertical Journey | Anagrama, 1999

Para acabar con los números redondos

In Order to End Up with Round Numbers | Pre-Textos, 1997

Extraña forma de vida

Strange Way of Life | Anagrama, 1997; PRH/DeBolsillo, 2013

Lejos de Veracruz

A Long Way from Veracruz | Anagrama, 1995; PRH/DeBolsillo, 2011

Recuerdos inventados

Invented memories | Anagrama, 1994; Compactos, 2007

Suicidios ejemplares

Exemplary Suicides | Anagrama, 1991; PRH/DeBolsillo, 2015

Una casa para siempre

A House For Ever | Anagrama, 1988 / Compactos, 2002

Historia abreviada de la literatura portátil

A Brief History of Portable Literature | Anagrama, 1985; PRH-DeBolsillo, 2015

Impostura

Imposture | Anagrama, 1984

La asesina ilustrada

An Enlightened Murderess | Tusquets, 1977 / Lengua de Trapo, 1996 / Lumen, illustrated edition, 2005