Distant Star by Roberto Bolaño
An unnamed narrator attempts to piece together the life and works of an enigmatic would-be poet turned military assassin during Pinochet's regime in Chile.
The most influential and admired novelist of his generation in the Spanish-speaking world
One of the greatest and most influential modern writers
Invested with a rare belief in literature's importance, his enigmatic stories encompass deep feeling and extreme violence * Guardian *
Strenth, humour and brilliancecharacterise the work of Roberto Bolano..[and] the absolute masterpieces that are Distant Star and By Night in Chile
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 *
One of the greatest and most influential modern writers
Invested with a rare belief in literature's importance, his enigmatic stories encompass deep feeling and extreme violence * Guardian *
Strenth, humour and brilliancecharacterise the work of Roberto Bolano..[and] the absolute masterpieces that are Distant Star and By Night in Chile
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 *
Roberto Bolano was born in Santiago, Chile in 1953 and died in Catalonia in 2003. He was widely regarded as the essential Latin American writers 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, Amulet, and 2666) and his short stories, Last Evenings on Earth.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099461722 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099461722 |
| Title | Distant Star |
| Author | Roberto Bolaño |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2009-07-02 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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