Roberto Bolaño

The Insufferable Gaucho (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

'A master of the short form' - Independent

Roberto Bolaño's place as a giant of Latin American literature was confirmed by the publication of his posthumous masterpiece , 2666. The Insufferable Gaucho was the last book he prepared for publication before he died in 2003.

Unpredictable and daring, highly controlled and yet somehow haywire, the five short stories included here are some of Bolaño's best. Wether they concern a stalwart rodent detective trying to investigate the mysterious deaths of his fellow rats, an elderly judge giving up his job in the city for an improbable return to the family farm in the Pampas, or a confrontation between an elusive film-maker and the little-known Argentinian novelist whose work he's plagiarized for years, they are as haunting as they are enthralling. In addition, two essays are included: provocative and often scathing, they too are alive with Bolaño's trademark humour, violence and utter faith in the power of the written word.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Vintage Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781529924480
• Artikelnr.: 69598091

Autorenporträt

Roberto Bolaño was born in Santiago, Chile in 1953 and died in Catalonia in 2003. He was widely regarded as the essential Latin American writer 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, and 2666, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award) and his short stories, first published in English in Last Evenings on Earth.

© The Estate of Roberto Bolano