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'It will be read and re-read not as a treatise but as a story: one of the most extraordinary that has ever been written of the origins of Western

As Pankaj Mishra remarked in The Nation, one of the remarkable qualities of Bolano’s short stories is that they can do the “work of a novel.” The Retu

A National Books Critics Circle Award WinnerThe posthumous masterwork from "One of the greatest and most influential modern writers" (James Wood, The

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

Three fiercely original tales. An unexpected treasure from the vault of a revolutionary talent.Roberto Bolaño's boundless gift for shaping the chaos o

'Now I am a mother and a married woman, but not long ago I led a life of crime'So begins Bianca’s tale of growing up the hard way. Orphaned overnight

Amulet is a monologue, like Bolano's acclaimed debut in English, By Night in Chile. The speaker is Auxilio Lacouture, a Uruguayan woman who moved to M

A Bolaño classic. The Peruvian poet César Vallejo is in the hospital, afflicted with an undiagnosed illness and unable to stop hiccuping. His wife cal

Set in the seaside town of Z, on the Costa Brava, north of Barcelona, The Skating Rink oscillates between two poles: a camp ground and a ruined mansio

The stories in The Insufferable Gaucho - unpredictable and daring, highly controlled yet somehow haywire - might concern a stalwart rat police detecti

This treasure trove of disquieting short master-works from the giant of Latin American literature perfectly encapsulates 'the fact that Bolaño writes

Between Parentheses collects Roberto Bolano's nonfiction: fiercely opinionated articles, speeches, essays, and talks, as well as most of the newspaper

A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceIn Roberto Bolaño's The Third Reich war-games champion Udo Berger and his girlfriend Ingeborg are on holid

A tale of bohemian youth on the make in Mexico City from a master of contemporary fiction, and a sublime precursor to The Savage Detectives.Two young