Between Parentheses: Essays, Articles and Speeches, 1998-2003
Roberto Bolaño
(Author)
Natasha Wimmer
(Translator)
Description
Between Parentheses collects Roberto Bolano's nonfiction: fiercely opinionated articles, speeches, essays, and talks, as well as most of the newspaper columns he wrote during the last five years of his life, when fame had come to him at last. Here we have a tender account of his return to Chile, reflections on family life, impassioned takes on books by writers Bolano admired (or vehemently despised), and advice on how to write a short story. Between Parentheses fully lives up to Bolano's own demands: "I ask for creativity from literary criticism, creativity on all levels."Product Details
Price
$18.95
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Publish Date
May 27, 2014
Pages
390
Dimensions
5.6 X 1.23 X 8.0 inches | 1.05 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780811222723
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About the Author
Roberto Bolaño was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1953. He grew up in Chile and Mexico City, where he was a founder of the Infrarealist poetry movement. His first full-length novel, The Savage Detectives, received the Herralde Prize and the Rómulo Gallegos Prize when it appeared in 1998. Roberto Bolaño died in Blanes, Spain, at the age of fifty.
Natasha Wimmer is a translator who has worked on Roberto Bolaño's 2666, for which she was awarded the PEN Translation prize in 2009, and The Savage Detectives. She lives in New York.