Bolano: A Biography in Conversations

Bolano: A Biography in Conversations

The first biography of Chilean novelist Roberto BolaÂ±o, the author of the international bestsellers TheÂ Savage Detectives and 2666

How to know the man behind works of fiction so prone to extravagance? In the first biography of Chilean novelist and poet Roberto BolaÂ±o, journalist MÂ³nica Maristain tracks BolaÂ±o from his childhood in Chile to his youth in Mexico and his early infatuation with literature, to years of tremendous literary productivity in Spain, and to his untimely death and the posthumous and unprecedented stardom that came with the international publication of his novels The Savage Detectives and 2666.

BolaÂ±o: A Biography in Conversations is assembled from a series of rich interviews with the people who knew BolaÂ±o best: we meet BolaÂ±o's first publisher, who printed 225 copies of his first book of poetry; are introduced to his parents and an array of childhood friends, who watched a precocious young man turn into an obsessive writer who barely left the house; and witness the birth of BolaÂ±o's famed Infrarealist literary movement. The book also sheds new light on aspects of BolaÂ±o's life taht have long been shrouded in mystery: for the first time, we learn the details of his final illness and the drama of his final days.

Throughout the book, Maristain present an image far removed from the stereotypes that have been created over the years, with the aim of reintroducing the man whose works grabbed readers worldwide. Maristain writes as a journalist and admirer, impressed with the power of BolaÂ±oâ‚¬s prose and the cool irony with which he faced the literary world.
Country USA
Brand Melville House
Manufacturer Melville House
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 30
Color White
ReleaseDate 2014-09-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781612193472

Country	USA
Brand	Melville House
Manufacturer	Melville House
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	30
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2014-09-30
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781612193472

Bolano: A Biography in Conversations

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