Books by Alberto Savinio
“The title is deceptive and sounds like something heavy, something strictly encyclopaedic, when really the book is so far from being heavy it’s almost weightless. The mixture is what really appealed to me about the book: the idea that one can talk about anything and everything, even if, in the end, one leaves almost everything out.” Read more...
Interviews where books by Alberto Savinio were recommended
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La Bibliothèque invisible
by Stéphane Mahieu -
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Mirabiblia: Catalogo ragionato di libri introvabili
by Paolo Albani & Paolo della Bella -
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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
by Laurence Sterne -
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Nueva Enciclopedia
by Alberto Savinio -
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The Afternoon of Mr. Andesmas
by Marguerite Duras
Enrique Vila-Matas on Books that Shaped Him
Enrique Vila-Matas on Books that Shaped Him
‘I like to show some restraint when it comes to making things up…’ The Spanish novelist Enrique Vila-Matas discusses the role of risk in writing, the ‘crisis of the novel’, and five books that have shaped his own work. (You can also read this interview in the original Spanish.)
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1
La Bibliothèque invisible
by Stéphane Mahieu -
2
Mirabiblia: Catalogo ragionato di libri introvabili
by Paolo Albani & Paolo della Bella -
3
La vida y las opiniones del caballero Tristram Shandy
by Laurence Sterne, translated by Javier Marías -
4
Nueva Enciclopedia
by Alberto Savinio -
5
The Afternoon of Mr. Andesmas
by Marguerite Duras
Enrique Vila-Matas discute Los libros que le influyeron
Enrique Vila-Matas discute Los libros que le influyeron
‘Me gusta mostrar cierta moderación cuando se trata de inventar cosas …’ El escritor español Enrique Vila-Matas discute la importancia del riesgo en la escritura, la ‘crisis de la novela’, y cinco libros que han influenciado su propia escritura
