Bartleby & Co by Enrique Vila-Matas
"Bartleby & Co" is a metafictional work that explores the theme of "writers of the No," authors who cease to write or never start at all. The narrator, an office worker on sick leave, uses footnotes to a nonexistent text to delve into the stories of these authors, including famous real-life figures. The book serves as a meditation on silence, refusal, and the nature of literature itself.
The 1107th greatest book of all time
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This book is on the following lists:
- 5th on The best books in Spanish for the last 25 years (El Pais)
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)