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PublisherMelville House Publishing

ISBN-101933633832

ISBN-139781933633831

eBay Product ID (ePID)72774947

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Book TitleRoberto Bolaño-The Last Interview : and Other Conversations

Number of Pages123 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2009

TopicCaribbean & Latin American, Modern / 20th Century, Literary

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections

AuthorRoberto Bolaño

Book SeriesThe Last Interview Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight4.8 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Reviewsâ€œThe real thing and the rarest.â€� â€“Susan Sontag â€œBy writing across the grain of his doubts about what literature can do, how much it can discover or dare pronounce the names of our worldâ€™s disasters, Bola o has proven it can do anything, and for an instant, at least, given a name to the unnamable.â€� â€“Jonathan Lethem, "The real thing and the rarest."Susan Sontag "By writing across the grain of his doubts about what literature can do, how much it can discover or dare pronounce the names of our world's disasters, Bolaño has proven it can do anything, and for an instant, at least, given a name to the unnamable." Jonathan Lethem, "The real thing and the rarest." Susan Sontag "By writing across the grain of his doubts about what literature can do, how much it can discover or dare pronounce the names of our world's disasters, Bolaño has proven it can do anything, and for an instant, at least, given a name to the unnamable." Jonathan Lethem

Dewey Decimal863.64

SynopsisWith the release of Roberto Bolano's The Savage Detectives in 1998, journalist Monica Maristain discovered a writer "capable of befriending his readers." After exchanging several letters with Bolano, Maristain formed a friendship of her own, culminating in an extensive interview with the novelist about truth and consequences, an interview that turned out to be Bolano's last. Appearing for the first time in English, Bolano's final interview is accompanied by a collection of conversations with reporters stationed throughout Latin America, providing a rich context for the work of the writer who, according to essayist Marcela Valdes, is "a T.S. Eliot or Virginia Woolf of Latin American letters." As in all of Bolano's work, there is also wide-ranging discussion of the author's many literary influences. (Explanatory notes on authors and titles that may be unfamiliar to English-language readers are included here.) The interviews, all of which were completed during the writing of the gigantic 2666 , also address Bolano's deepest personal concerns, from his domestic life and two young children to the realities of a fatal disease., The enormous posthumous success of literary novelist, poet and essayist Roberto Bolano is one of the most stunning triumphs of Latin American literature. Shortly before he died in 2003, Bolano sat down with journalist Monica Maristain to discuss his work, his life and his passions in a long interview that is as caustic as it is whimsical, surreal and always brutally frank. Bolano's personal intensity, quick humour and erudition creates a superb read., An intimate companion to Bolano's celebrated works and the only collection of interviews available in English collecting his intimate thoughts.

LC Classification NumberPQ8098.12.O38