Enrique Vila-Matas
Enrique Vila-Matas
Enrique Vila-Matasis a Spanish novelist. He is the author of several award-winning books that mix different genres like meta-fiction and have been translated into thirty languages...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth31 March 1948
CountrySpain
journey long something-new
I long to journey endlessly, always in search of something new. Always alert.
aid anguish blend generates humor invaluable irony knows next night rediscover subdued thanks until wait
As I write, I control my anxiety and anguish thanks to the invaluable aid of irony and humor. But every night I am subdued by an anxiety that knows no irony, and I must wait until the next day to rediscover the blend of anguish and humor that characterizes my writing and that generates my style.
grows
When it grows dark, we always need someone. This thought, the product of anxiety, only comes to me in the evenings, just when I'm about to end my writerly explorations.