{"product_id":"collected-short-stories-of-roberto-bolano-1","title":"Collected Short Stories of Roberto Bolano","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CHRIS POWER\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'A master of the short form' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWide-ranging, suggestive, and ever-daring, Roberto Bolaño's short stories map out the dark terrain that he would go on to explore in his novellas and epic novels.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From melancholic portraits of exile and its folklore to a rogue's gallery of desperate characters futilely attempting to unearth the animating secrets of the world, each of Bolaño's short fictions adds yet another door, a window, a secret passage onto the sinister, eerie universe that Bolaño brought to life across his body of work.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Bringing together \u003ci\u003eLast Evenings on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Return\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Insufferable Gaucho\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as Bolaño's posthumously published stories, this new book marks the first time these fictions have been collected in one edition, allowing for a major reappraisal of the vital place that the short story commands for Bolaño's literary legacy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Bolaño was a flat-out genius, one of the greatest writers of our time' Paul Auster\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Bolaño was a game changer: his field was politics, poetry and melancholia . . . and his writing was always unparalleled' Mariana Enríquez\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Collected Short Stories of Roberto Bolano","offer_id":46116416192709,"sku":null,"price":78.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-1-78487-948-8.jpg?v=1776910160","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/collected-short-stories-of-roberto-bolano-1","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}