Last Evenings On Earth

''This is where the story should end, but life is not as kind as literature...'' A journey to Acapulco gradually becomes a descent into the underworld. An elderly South American writer instructs a protege in the subterfuges of entering work for provincial literary prizes. A litany unfolds, offering sixty-nine reasons why not to dance with Pablo Neruda. ''The melancholy folklore of exile,'' as Roberto Bolano once put it, pervades the fourteen haunting stories of Last Evenings on Earth . Set in the Chilean exile diaspora of Latin America and Europe, and peopled by Bolano''s beloved ''failed generation,'' this collection was the first to introduce the English-speaking world to Bolano''s immeasurable gifts as a short-story writer. TRANSLATED BY CHRIS ANDREWS ''May be the most haunting and mesmerising collection I have ever read'' Daily Telegraph ''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

Info autore

Roberto Bolaño

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Roberto Bolano, Roberto Bolaño
• Con la collaborazione di: Chris Andrews (Traduzione)
• Editore: Vintage UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 05.09.2024
• EAN: 9781784879570
• ISBN: 978-1-78487-957-0
• Pagine: 288
• Dimensioni: 130 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; FICTION / Short Stories (single author), Short Stories, Fiction in translation, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, FICTION / World Literature / Chile, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary