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Quand on voyage avec quelqu’un, me dit-il, on a toujours tendance à trouver ce qui nous entoure étrange, tandis que si on voyage seul, c’est toujours soi qui est étrange. (Le voyage vertical)

Enrique Vila-Matas

Quand on voyage avec quelqu’un, me dit-il, on a toujours tendance à trouver ce qui nous entoure étrange, tandis que si on voyage seul, c’est toujours soi qui est étrange. (Le voyage vertical)

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About Enrique Vila-Matas

Enrique Vila-Matas (born 31 March 1948 in Barcelona) is a Spanish author. He has authored several award-winning books that mix genres and has been branded as one of the most original and prominent writers in the Spanish language.
He is a founding Knight of the Order of Finnegans, a group which meets in Dublin every year on 16 June to honour James Joyce and his novel Ulysses.