Not to Read.
Zambra, Alejandro.
Not to Read. - 1 online resource (164 pages)
Intro -- PRAISE -- TITLE PAGE -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- I -- OBLIGATORY READINGS -- BRING BACK CORTÁZAR -- IN PRAISE OF THE PHOTOCOPY -- LIBRARIES -- FOUR PEOPLE -- ERASING THE READER -- OTHER PEOPLE'S MAIL -- MANUEL PUIG BRUSHES HIS TEETH -- PEEING WHILE IT RAINS -- THE CARETAKER OF A GIANT WHOREHOUSE -- THE SOLITUDE OF JOSEFINA VICENS -- THIS IS LIKE A STORY BY ALEJANDRA COSTAMAGNA -- THE SILENCE OF TELLING -- TRAVELLING WITH BOOKS -- NATIONAL HOLIDAYS -- THE PUNTA ARENAS CEMETERY -- THE CITY WILL FOLLOW YOU -- NOT TO READ -- GENIUS KIDS -- TOY CATALOGUE -- SUMMERING IN HUNGARY -- OUT LOUD -- AN EMPTY BOOK -- FESTIVAL OF THE LONG NOVEL -- RIGHT TO LEFT, UP AND DOWN -- PAULO COELHO AND HIS PRECURSORS -- CONFESSIONS OF A WOODEN CAT -- IN TANNIN COUNTRY -- THE POETRY OF KAROL WOJTYLA -- RELEVANCE OF HAMLET IN THE MODERN AGE -- AGAINST POETS -- AN INCOMPLETE PORTRAIT, FULL OF SPOILERS, OF BOLAÑO AS A FOOTBALL FAN -- IN THE SERVICE OF GHOSTS -- NIGHT IN THE PLAZA -- TWO URGENT NOTES ABOUT PEDRO LEMEBEL -- BETWEEN QUOTATION MARKS -- HOW TO BE SILENT IN GERMAN -- BORGES'S MEMORY -- ON WAITING -- PLAYING DEAD -- CHIT-CHAT FROM THE HEREAFTER -- THE SILENCE OF THE VACUUM ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON -- FIRST AND LAST WORDS -- II -- ROBERTO BOLAÑO'S POETRY -- NICANOR PARRA AT THE WHEEL -- RIBEYRO IN HIS WEB -- SEARCHING FOR PAVESE -- THE TIME OF NATALIA GINZBURG -- LITERATURE OF THE CHILDREN -- III -- WRAPPED TREES -- THE NOVEL I LOST -- NOVELS - FORGET IT -- NOTEBOOK, FILE, BOOK -- THE BOY WHO WENT MAD FROM LOVE -- FREE TOPIC -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- COPYRIGHT.
Over the course of the chronicles and literary essays that make up this volume, Alejandro Zambra outlines his own particular theory of reading.
9781910695647
Literature-History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PN511 / .Z363 2018
824.92
Not to Read. - 1 online resource (164 pages)
Intro -- PRAISE -- TITLE PAGE -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- I -- OBLIGATORY READINGS -- BRING BACK CORTÁZAR -- IN PRAISE OF THE PHOTOCOPY -- LIBRARIES -- FOUR PEOPLE -- ERASING THE READER -- OTHER PEOPLE'S MAIL -- MANUEL PUIG BRUSHES HIS TEETH -- PEEING WHILE IT RAINS -- THE CARETAKER OF A GIANT WHOREHOUSE -- THE SOLITUDE OF JOSEFINA VICENS -- THIS IS LIKE A STORY BY ALEJANDRA COSTAMAGNA -- THE SILENCE OF TELLING -- TRAVELLING WITH BOOKS -- NATIONAL HOLIDAYS -- THE PUNTA ARENAS CEMETERY -- THE CITY WILL FOLLOW YOU -- NOT TO READ -- GENIUS KIDS -- TOY CATALOGUE -- SUMMERING IN HUNGARY -- OUT LOUD -- AN EMPTY BOOK -- FESTIVAL OF THE LONG NOVEL -- RIGHT TO LEFT, UP AND DOWN -- PAULO COELHO AND HIS PRECURSORS -- CONFESSIONS OF A WOODEN CAT -- IN TANNIN COUNTRY -- THE POETRY OF KAROL WOJTYLA -- RELEVANCE OF HAMLET IN THE MODERN AGE -- AGAINST POETS -- AN INCOMPLETE PORTRAIT, FULL OF SPOILERS, OF BOLAÑO AS A FOOTBALL FAN -- IN THE SERVICE OF GHOSTS -- NIGHT IN THE PLAZA -- TWO URGENT NOTES ABOUT PEDRO LEMEBEL -- BETWEEN QUOTATION MARKS -- HOW TO BE SILENT IN GERMAN -- BORGES'S MEMORY -- ON WAITING -- PLAYING DEAD -- CHIT-CHAT FROM THE HEREAFTER -- THE SILENCE OF THE VACUUM ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON -- FIRST AND LAST WORDS -- II -- ROBERTO BOLAÑO'S POETRY -- NICANOR PARRA AT THE WHEEL -- RIBEYRO IN HIS WEB -- SEARCHING FOR PAVESE -- THE TIME OF NATALIA GINZBURG -- LITERATURE OF THE CHILDREN -- III -- WRAPPED TREES -- THE NOVEL I LOST -- NOVELS - FORGET IT -- NOTEBOOK, FILE, BOOK -- THE BOY WHO WENT MAD FROM LOVE -- FREE TOPIC -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- COPYRIGHT.
Over the course of the chronicles and literary essays that make up this volume, Alejandro Zambra outlines his own particular theory of reading.
9781910695647
Literature-History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PN511 / .Z363 2018
824.92