{"product_id":"never-any-end-to-paris","title":"Never Any End to Paris","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Enrique Vila-Matas\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Anne McLean\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781628977066\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eeBook:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781628977073\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15th, 2027\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDescription\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA writer closely resembling Enrique Vila-Matas recounts his two-year stint living in Paris, where he aspired to author a novel under the apprenticeship of Marguerite Duras.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA masterclass in irony, \u003cem\u003eNever Any End to Paris\u003c\/em\u003e presents itself as a lecture given by the author on a return visit to Paris. The author, who is a stand-in for a young Enrique Vila-Matas, revisits his memories as a young man living in Marguerite Duras’ garret and trying to write his first novel, obsessing over the works of Ernest Hemingway as he does so. When he asks his famous landlord for advice on how to write a novel, she writes him a 13-point list, which he proceeds to carry in his pocket, consulting regularly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith no shortage of influences, from Georges Perec, Samuel Beckett, and W.G. Sebald, to Rimbaud and Mallarmé, primarily it’s Hemingway’s account of Paris that guides him: “And what was I doing in Duras’ garret? Well, basically trying to live a writer’s life like the one Hemingway recounts in \u003cem\u003eA Moveable Feast\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnrique Vila-Matas\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Barcelona in 1948, and is the author of more than twenty works of fiction, including \u003cem\u003eBartleby \u0026amp; Co\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNever Any End to Paris\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDublinesque\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMac’s Problem\u003c\/em\u003e (finalist for the International Man Booker), \u003cem\u003eThe Illogic of Kassel\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eVampire in Love\u003c\/em\u003e. He is a Knight of the Legion of Honor from France and has won the prize city of Barcelona and the Romulo Gallegos (2001), the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger and Fernando Aguirre-Libralire (2002), the Herralde prize, the National Critics, the Prix Medicis-étranger, the prize of Critics Circle Chile (2003), the Premio Internazionale Ennio Flaiano (2006), José Manuel Lara Foundation Award 2006, the prize of the Royal Spanish Academy 2006. In September 2007 he won the literary prize Elsa Morante Scrittori del Mondo, which is awarded “to an important foreign author.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnne McLean\u003c\/strong\u003e studied history in London, Ontario, and literary translation in London, England, and now lives in Toronto, where she translates Latin American and Spanish novels, short stories, memoirs, and other writings by authors including Julio Cortázar, Javier Cercas, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, and Héctor Abad. Her translation of \u003cem\u003eThe Scandal of the Century\u003c\/em\u003e by Gabriel García Márquez was published by Knopf in 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49327190671515,"sku":"9781628977066","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":49327190704283,"sku":"9781628977073","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0594\/2915\/9067\/files\/9781628977066_FC.jpg?v=1787846373","url":"https:\/\/dalkeyarchive.store\/products\/never-any-end-to-paris","provider":"Dalkey Archive Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}