The author of many acclaimed works, Roberto Bolaño (1953-2003) was a Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet, and essayist. He was described by the New York Times as "the most significant Latin American literary voice of his generation," and his many prizes include the prestigious Herralde de Novela Award and the Premio Rómulo Gallegos.
Madrid. Alfaguara. 2016. 223 pages.
The continuing polemic about this novel’s publication confirms that it hardly matters whether it disappoints professors fretful about pre/ur-texts, or faithful Robe...
Laura Healy, tr. New York. New Directions. 2013. ISBN 9780811219280
In the most recent posthumous publication of Robert Bolaño’s work in English, The Unknown University, fantastically...
Chris Andrews & Natasha Wimmer, tr. New York. New Directions. 2012. ISBN 9780811218153
At first glance, Roberto Bolaño’s The Secret of Evil may read like a hastily assembled collection of...
Laura Healy, tr. New York. New Directions. 2011. ISBN 9780811219273
Tres is not just a Robert Bolaño masterpiece, it's another Bolaño masterpiece. For an author who has been dead since 2003,...