
Distant Star
by Roberto Bolaño
Title:
Distant Star
Author:
Roberto Bolaño
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
176 pages
Publisher:
TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale
ISBN-13:
9781784879457
EAN:
9781784879457
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
250
Dimensions (mm):
197 x 130 x 13
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
Alberto Ruiz-Tagle was once the quiet, unknowable, unpromising member of Chile's young poetry scene.But the military coup of 1973 sees Alberto reborn as Chile's leading celebrity poet, Carlos Wieder. Known for his daring sky poems, penned in smoke high above the cities, Weider's dazzling trajectory is a cause for astonishment and speculation amongst his old poetry friends. Where did this talent suddenly spring from? And, how is it connected to the disappearance of the beautiful Garmendia twins?Told from across the years in exile in Europe, the narrator's attempts to trace the fate of his old circle will lead him to one last confrontation with the brutality of their generation.TRANSLATED BY CHRIS ANDREWS'Roberto Bolaño''s universe – huge, interconnected, polyphonic – is formed from the collision of a wicked sense of humour and a vast and white-hot moral fire... His oeuvre is among the great, blistering literary achievements of the twentieth century' Lauren Groff'For stunning wit, brutal honesty, loving humanity and a heart that bleeds into the simplest of words, no other writer ever came close' Marlon James




















