

By Night in Chile
Author: Roberto Bolaño, Chris Andrews
Narrator: Thom Rivera
Unabridged: 4 hr 56 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 11/28/2017
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction
Author: Roberto Bolaño, Chris Andrews
Narrator: Thom Rivera
Unabridged: 4 hr 56 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 11/28/2017
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction
Roberto Bolaño (1953–2003) was born in Santiago, Chile, and later lived in Mexico, France, and Spain. He has been acclaimed by the Los Angeles Times as “by far the most exciting writer to come from south of the Rio Grande in a long time” and as “the real thing and the rarest” by Susan Sontag. Among his many prizes are the prestigious Premio Herralde de Novela and the Premio Rómulo Gallegos. Bolaño is widely considered the greatest Latin American writer of his generation. He wrote nine novels, two story collections, and five books of poetry before his death at the age of fifty.
Chris Andrews teaches at the University of Western Sydney, Australia, where he is a member of the Writing and Society Research Center. He has translated books by Roberto Bolaño and César Aira.
Roberto Bolaño's 2666 has been described as "the most electrifying literary event of the year" (Lev Grossman, Time), as "a landmark in what's possible for the novel as a form" (Jonathan Lethem, The New York Times Book Review), as "a work of devastating power and complexity" (Adam Mansbach, The Bosto......more
‘Every hundred feet the world changes.’ ‘Only poetry isn’t shit,’ Roberto Bolaño writes in his mammoth fragmentary novel, 2666. The self-mythologizing author figured himself a poet first and foremost, claiming the impetus for his many novel’s prolifically written in the final decade of his life was t......more
the english version comes out in november. no spoilers. just here to make three points: 1) the blood and guts 2) the disaster 3) the women 1) y’know that bookbuzz when you’re walking around the world and it’s all colored with the life of the book you’re reading? 894 pages of bolano’s epic and i feel li......more
Un roman extraordinar (unul dintre primele cinci din secolul XXI), despre care am scris de multe ori pe blog și despre care am vorbit prietenilor și studenților mei cu entuziasm. Înainte de a se interna pentru ultima oară în spital - în preajma morții, deci -, prozatorul i-a înmînat Carolinei Lopez......more
“A wonderful torrent of emotion, a brilliant historical meditation, a captivating fantasy…Destined to occupy forever a place in universal literature.” Susan Sontag, New York Times bestselling author
“Still his greatest work.” James Wood, critic, essayist, and novelist
“In Chris Andrews’ lucid translation, Bolaño’s febrile narrative tack and occasional surreal touches bring to mind the classics of Latin American magic realism.” New York Times