The Illogic of Kassel

by Enrique Vila-Matas, Antônio Xerxenesky, Jessica Cage, et al.

A puzzling phone call shatters a writer's routine. An enigmatic female voice extends a dinner invitation, and it soon becomes clear that this is an invitation to take part in the documenta, the legendary exhibition of contemporary art held every five years in Kassel, Germany. The writer's mission will be to sit down to write every morning in a Chinese restaurant on the outskirts of town, transforming himself into a living art installation. Once in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811221490
• ISBN13: 9780811221498
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 8.0"