The Romantic Dogs: Poems
Roberto Bolaño
(Author)
Laura Healy
(Translator)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
Roberto Bolano (1953-2003) has caught on like a house on fire, and The Romantic Dogs, a bilingual collection of forty-four poems, offers American readers their first chance to encounter this literary phenomenon as a poet: his own first and strongest literary persona. These poems, wide-ranging in forms and length, have appeared in magazines such as Harper's, Threepenny Review, The Believer, Boston Review, Soft Targets, Tin House, The Nation, Circumference, A Public Space, and Conduit. Bolano's poetic voice is like no other's: "At that time, I'd reached the age of twenty/and I was crazy. /I'd lost a country/but won a dream./Long as I had that dream/nothing else mattered...."
Product Details
Price
$17.95
$16.69
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Publish Date
November 01, 2008
Pages
128
Dimensions
5.28 X 7.96 X 0.42 inches | 0.39 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780811218016
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About the Author
Roberto Bolaño (1953-2003) was the author of The Savage Detectives and 2666, among many other notable works. Born in Santiago, Chile, he later lived in Mexico City, Paris, and Barcelona. His accolades include the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Herralde de Novela Award, and the Premio Rómulo Gallegos. He died at the age of fifty and is widely considered to be the greatest Latin American writer of his generation.
Laura Healy has received a Master's in Spanish from Harvard. She is the managing editor of Harvard Review and the web editor of Zoland Poetry.
Reviews
The translations are superb - almost all contain a gem. -- A. W. Allworthy
The translations are superb-almost all contain a gem. -- A. W. Allworthy
Grab his poetry collection when you pick up 2666.--Barbara Hoffert
The first gathering in English of Bola o's wonderfully unreserved poems. --Sarah Kerr
We are now given the opportunity to witness Bola o's mastery of verse. The collection is striking, truly exceptional work. --Joseph D. Haske
The first gathering in English of Bolano's wonderfully unreserved poems. --Sarah Kerr"
Grab his poetry collection when you pick up 2666. --Barbara Hoffert"
We are now given the opportunity to witness Bolano's mastery of verse. The collection is striking, truly exceptional work. --Joseph D. Haske"
The translations are superb almost all contain a gem. --A. W. Allworthy"
His fiction and poetry do not merely reflect his life...they constitute a single work of art. --Emily Chertoff"
Powerful imagery of loneliness, love, and the contemplative moments of life and death in his cosmopolitan world. --Alva V. Cellini"
They radiate the audacity of intellect, as well as the cruelty of vision, that have won their author a devoted following. --Mara Pastor"
The translations are superb-almost all contain a gem. -- A. W. Allworthy
Grab his poetry collection when you pick up 2666.--Barbara Hoffert
The first gathering in English of Bola o's wonderfully unreserved poems. --Sarah Kerr
We are now given the opportunity to witness Bola o's mastery of verse. The collection is striking, truly exceptional work. --Joseph D. Haske
The first gathering in English of Bolano's wonderfully unreserved poems. --Sarah Kerr"
Grab his poetry collection when you pick up 2666. --Barbara Hoffert"
We are now given the opportunity to witness Bolano's mastery of verse. The collection is striking, truly exceptional work. --Joseph D. Haske"
The translations are superb almost all contain a gem. --A. W. Allworthy"
His fiction and poetry do not merely reflect his life...they constitute a single work of art. --Emily Chertoff"
Powerful imagery of loneliness, love, and the contemplative moments of life and death in his cosmopolitan world. --Alva V. Cellini"
They radiate the audacity of intellect, as well as the cruelty of vision, that have won their author a devoted following. --Mara Pastor"
