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FILTER RESULTS ►The real man behind Roberto Bolano's post-mortem boom
Roberto Bolaño has made quite a name for himself in the United States over the past decade. Two New York houses have published 18 of his books in English—and a 19th is due out later this year. He has become, arguably, the contemporary Latin American writer most revered by the literati of North America. Show More Summary
Roberto Bolaño lives on
Roberto Bolaño Ávalos, the late novelist and poet, was born on this day in 1953. Much has been written about this enigmatic writer who was born in Chile, lived in Mexico and then moved to Spain. His most known novels are "The SavageShow More Summary
2666: The Movie?
JW McCormack has some Notes Toward [A Potential] Film Adaptation of Roberto Bolaño’s 2666 up at The American Reader. As somebody who can’t even fathom making Cormac McCarthy’s decidedly less brutal (although still unimaginably brutal in its own way) Blood Meridian into a film, let me tell you: the idea of turning 2666 into a [...]Show More Summary
DIFF Review: THE FUTURE (Il Futuro)
Rutger Hauer is a blind Hercules in Alicia Scherson's adaption of the Roberto Bolaño novel.
Fiction Podcast: Francisco Goldman Reads Roberto Bolaño
On this month’s fiction podcast, Francisco Goldman reads Roberto Bolaño’s short story “Clara,” which first appeared in The New Yorker in 2008. In contrast to the sprawling stories and polyphonic narratives for which Bolaño is best known, “Clara” is one woman’s story, told by a man who first loves her when he’s young and never fully lets go. Show More Summary
Apparat releasing LP inspired by War and Peace, and he's really hoping you'll join his book club too
I have not read War and Peace. I’m in the middle of Dee Dee Ramone’s book, and I want to read Keith Richards’ book too. I want to read everything by Roberto Bolaño and Haruki Murakami. I want to read Infinite Jest and House of Leaves, and I want to re-read Harry Potter. Show More Summary
Woes of the Posthumous Novel: On Roberto Bolaño’s Latest
The fragmentation, self-plagiarism, and lack of narrative development all indicate a manuscript that was very much unfinished, and is only interesting as a completist curiosity, something akin to the financial-driven posthumous discographies...Show More Summary
The Roberto Bolaño Bubble
“The continued publication and popular packaging of [Roberto Bolaño’s] incomplete work may actually be diluting his reputation as a writer of varied talents and fearless ambition.” Sam Carter is wary of The Roberto Bolaño Bubble. Related...Show More Summary
An interesting passage from Bolaño's Estrella distante regarding Bruno Schulz
In prepping to write two reviews/commentaries on Polish-Jewish writer Bruno Schulz's fiction, I read a reference to Roberto Bolaño writing about the experience of reading Schulz in his 1996 short novel, Estrella distante (Distant Star in English translation). Show More Summary
A Bolaño Gallery Show
“Rockslide Sky,” an exhibition of art inspired by Roberto Bolaño‘s story “Gomez Palacio,” has just completed its run at Fordham University’s Center Gallery/Lipani Gallery…but a slideshow lives on in cyberspace. (I like feel this oneShow More Summary
"Woes of the True Policeman" by Roberto Bolano (Reviewed by Liviu Suciu)
Order Woes of the True Policeman HERERead FBC short review The Third Reich HERERead FBC review of Monsieur Pain "Begun in the 1980s and worked on until the author’s death in 2003, Woes of the True Policeman is Roberto Bolaño’s last, unfinished novel. Show More Summary
Books: Book Review: Roberto Bolaño: Woes Of The True Policeman
Chilean author Roberto Bolaño left behind a surfeit of unfinished manuscripts after his death, but nothing was more intriguing than a reported sixth part of 2666, his bestselling magnum opus. The posthumous novel Woes Of The True Policeman isn’t that rumored section of Bolaño’s longest novel, but it might as well be. Show More Summary
Considering Roberto Bolaño and 'Woes of the True Policeman'
I absolutely hated Roberto Bolaño the first time I read him. I’d heard the endless hype surrounding the release of translation after translation, a kind of post-death onslaught in the manner of some literary Tupac who kept pumping books out after losing his life too young. Show More Summary
Roberto Bolano's 'Woes of the True Policeman' a sketchy work
The late author is one of a long line of writers whose unfinished work is published with incomplete threads. Woes of the True Policeman
Bolaño: Required Reading
Chile’s official tourism website is running a series on “what to read before, after or during your trip to Chile.” Their most recent selection? Why, the work of Roberto Bolaño, of course. You might find our Bolaño Syllabus to be of help...Show More Summary
Woes of the True Policeman review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Roberto Bolaño's posthumous Woes of the True Policeman, just out in English in the US.
Tuesday New Release Day; McEwan, Munro, Bolaño, Tóibín, Solomon, Bookshelf, Jefferson, Glück, Peach, Rain, Hansen
Some heavy hitters out this week: Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan; Dear Life, Alice Munro’s latest collection; Woes of the True Policeman by Roberto Bolaño; The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín; and Far From the Tree, Andrew Solomon’s massive follow-up to The Noonday Demon. Also out are My Ideal Bookshelf, in which figures from [...]Show More Summary
Nicanor Parra Wins Cervantes Prize
The BBC is reporting that Chilean poet Nicanor Parra has taken this year’s Cervantes Prize. Parra has made a little headway in English, probably mostly because Roberto Bolano was a big, big fan of his countryman. In fact, I includedShow More Summary
Sunday Review: Roberto Bolaño’s The Return
This week I spent my time delving into a strange, dark, and fascinating world. Or more accurately, I was delving into a number of different worlds, each one stranger than the last, all somehow related. I had been recommended the work of Chilean writer Roberto Bolano. I had read a few of most famous figures [...]
Literary Javascript
Twitter developer and book nerd Angus Croll wondered what famous authors would do with javascript. His gives examples from his imagination for four great writers: Ernest Hemingway, Andre Breton, Roberto Bolano, and William Shakespeare. Show More Summary
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