Bolano: A Biography in Conversations

Bolano: A Biography in Conversations

The first biography of Chilean novelist Roberto BolaÃ±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 BolaÃ±o, journalist MÃ³nica Maristain tracks BolaÃ±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.

BolaÃ±o: A Biography in Conversations is assembled from a series of rich interviews with the people who knew BolaÃ±o best: we meet BolaÃ±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 BolaÃ±o's famed Infrarealist literary movement. The book also sheds new light on aspects of BolaÃ±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 BolaÃ±oâ€™s prose and the cool irony with which he faced the literary world.

From the Hardcover edition.

Country	USA
Author	Monica Maristain
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	Tra
EISBN	9781612193489
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Melville House
Manufacturer	Melville House
NumberOfPages	288
PublicationDate	2014-09-30
Publisher	Melville House
ReleaseDate	2014-09-30
Studio	Melville House

Bolano: A Biography in Conversations

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