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International Praise For Sergio Pitol

“Pitol is a writer of another kind: his importance lies on the page, in the creation of his own world, in his ability to shed light on the world.”—DANIEL SALDAÑA PARIS, author of Among Strange Victims

“Reading Sergio Pitol will make any serious writer want to write—and write better…In Pitol’s life and his writing, neither images nor thoughts flow naturally and automatically to their logical associations.”—3:AM Magazine

“Reading him, one has the impression . . . of being before the greatest writer in the Spanish language in our time.”—ENRIQUE VILA-MATAS

“A gorgeous, insight into literature, history, and a life lived through words. Sergio Pitol is one of Mexico’s greatest authors.”—MARK HABER, Brazos Bookstore (Houston, Texas)

“Sergio Pitol is a legendary Mexican writer, whose ability and fame are best explained by noting that he has won both the Herralde and Cervantes Prizes.”—TONY MALONE, Tony’s Reading List

“Sergio Pitol is not only our best active storyteller, he is also the bravest renovator of our literature.”—ÁLVARO ENRIGUE, Letras Libres

“The Art of Flight has none of the obsessive, Proustian detail of Knausgaard, or the metafiction of Lerner. It resists the light-heartedness of Bolaño’s depictions of youth and escapades, and the moroseness of Hemingway. Instead, it resembles a cloudy gemstone: at once glimmering and opaque, layered and precise.”—ROSIE CLARKE, Music & Literature

“The Art of Flight is an homage to the value of stepping out of your comfort zone, to the difficult imperative of staying true to yourself, to living a life consumed with an intense quest for knowledge and perfection, and above all, a paean to a love of life and the power of books.”—JENNIFER SMART, The Dallas Observer

“A dense, fascinating world, both familiar and strange, a world where different times, spaces, texts, journeys, ideas, and memories fuse and recreate one another.”—RAFAEL LEMUS, Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas

“The Art of Flight reads like a long overdue celebration for a timeless art form that is constantly changing, constantly reinventing itself through the years, but rest assured, will never die.”—AARON WESTERMAN, Typographical Era

“The Art of Flight is a book bursting with energy and curiosity. It is a collection of observations, set of diaries, travelogue and much more. It defies categorisation and cannot be summarised. Only experienced.”—TULIKA BAHADUR, On Art and Aesthetics