Since the publication of The Savage Detectives in 2007, the work of Roberto Bolaño (1953?2003) has achieved an acclaim rarely enjoyed in contemporary fiction. Chris Andrews, a leading translator of Bolaño's work into English, explores the singular...
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Since the publication of The Savage Detectives in 2007, the work of Roberto Bolaño (1953?2003) has achieved an acclaim rarely enjoyed in contemporary fiction. Chris Andrews, a leading translator of Bolaño's work into English, explores the singular achievements of the author's oeuvre, engaging with its distinct style and key thematic concerns, incorporating his novels and stories into the larger history of Latin American and global literary fiction. Andrews provides new readings and interpretations of Bolaño's novels, including 2666, The Savage Detectives, and By Night in Chile while at the sa
Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; List of Abbreviations; Note on Translations; 1. The Anomalous Case of Roberto Bolaño; 2. Bolaño's Fiction-Making System; 3. Something Is Going to Happen: Narrative Tension; 4. Aimlessness; 5. Duels and Brawls: Borges and Bolaño; 6. Evil Agencies; 7. A Sense of What Matters; Appendix: Victims in "The Part About the Crimes" (2666) and Huesos en el desierto; Notes; Bibliography; Index
