{"product_id":"bartleby-co-enrique-vila-matas-9780811215916","title":"Bartleby \u0026 Co.","description":"In \u003cem\u003eBartleby \u0026amp; Co.\u003c\/em\u003e, an enormously enjoyable novel, Enrique Vila-Matas tackles the theme of silence in literature: the writers and non-writers who, like the scrivener Bartleby of the Herman Melville story, in answer to any question or demand, replies: \"I would prefer not to.\" Addressing such \"artists of refusal\" as Robert Walser, Robert Musil, Arthur Rimbaud, Marcel Duchamp, Herman Melville, and J. D. Salinger, \u003cem\u003eBartleby \u0026amp; Co.\u003c\/em\u003e could be described as a meditation: a walking tour through the annals of literature. Written as a series of footnotes (a non-work itself), \u003cem\u003eBartleby\u003c\/em\u003e embarks on such questions as why do we write, why do we exist? The answer lies in the novel itself: told from the point of view of a hermetic hunchback who has no luck with women, and is himself unable to write, \u003cem\u003eBartleby\u003c\/em\u003e is utterly engaging, a work of profound and philosophical beauty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Enrique Vila-Matas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811215911\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811215916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/17\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.64w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/05\/2005 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2004 pg. 983","brand":"Enrique Vila-Matas","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43926340927743,"sku":"9780811215916","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e8099d96-4175-46eb-8ef8-1290a2f363bf.jpg?v=1681082533","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bartleby-co-enrique-vila-matas-9780811215916","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}