Description
This is the first collection by the universally acclaimed Chilean author to be published in English and it is an outstanding introduction to Bolano's writing. Bolano's narrators are grappling with their own private quests while living in the margins, on the edges, in constant flight from nightmarish threats. His stories are often witty, frequently melancholy and always original.
The first collection of stories in English by the author considered to be the finest Latin American writer of his generation.
About the Author
Roberto Bolano (Author)
Roberto Bolano was born in Santiago, Chile in 1953 and died in Catalonia in 2003. He was widely regarded as the essential Latin American writer of our age. He was best known for his novels (including The Savage Detectives, which won a number of prestigious literary awards, Nocturno de Chile, translated as By Night in Chile, and 2666, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award) and his short stories, first published in English in Last Evenings on Earth.
Chris Andrews (Translator)
Chris Andrews was born in Newcastle, Australia, in 1962. He teaches in the department of French, Italian and Spanish Studies of the University of Melbourne. His translation of Roberto Bolano's Distant Star in 2005 won the prestigious Valle-Inclan Prize.
Reviews
The most influential and admired novelist of his generation in the Spanish-speaking world -- Susan Sontag
This may be the most haunting and mesmerising collection I have ever read * Daily Telegraph *
A book full of insight for writers and aficionados of South American literature and culture * Scotland on Sunday *
It is a shame that Bolano has no more evenings on earth, his unique voice asserting the importance and exuberance of literature will be sorely missed * Guardian *
Bolano's language, alert and always graceful, his way of constructing narratives that are simultaneously disconcerting, brilliant and infinitely immediate, is a form of resisting evil, adversity and mediocrity * Le Monde *
Book Information
ISBN 9780099469421
Author Roberto Bolano
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Vintage
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Weight(grams) 202g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 17mm
The first collection of stories in English by the author considered to be the finest Latin American writer of his generation.
About the Author
Roberto Bolano (Author)
Roberto Bolano was born in Santiago, Chile in 1953 and died in Catalonia in 2003. He was widely regarded as the essential Latin American writer of our age. He was best known for his novels (including The Savage Detectives, which won a number of prestigious literary awards, Nocturno de Chile, translated as By Night in Chile, and 2666, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award) and his short stories, first published in English in Last Evenings on Earth.
Chris Andrews (Translator)
Chris Andrews was born in Newcastle, Australia, in 1962. He teaches in the department of French, Italian and Spanish Studies of the University of Melbourne. His translation of Roberto Bolano's Distant Star in 2005 won the prestigious Valle-Inclan Prize.
Reviews
The most influential and admired novelist of his generation in the Spanish-speaking world -- Susan Sontag
This may be the most haunting and mesmerising collection I have ever read * Daily Telegraph *
A book full of insight for writers and aficionados of South American literature and culture * Scotland on Sunday *
It is a shame that Bolano has no more evenings on earth, his unique voice asserting the importance and exuberance of literature will be sorely missed * Guardian *
Bolano's language, alert and always graceful, his way of constructing narratives that are simultaneously disconcerting, brilliant and infinitely immediate, is a form of resisting evil, adversity and mediocrity * Le Monde *
Book Information
ISBN 9780099469421
Author Roberto Bolano
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Vintage
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Weight(grams) 202g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 17mm
