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Between Parentheses

Paperback

Main Details

Title Between Parentheses
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Roberto Bolano
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:400
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 153
Category/GenrePoetry by individual poets
Literary essays
Reportage and collected journalism
ISBN/Barcode 9781509828760
ClassificationsDewey:824 864.7
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Pan Macmillan
Imprint Picador
Publication Date 24 March 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Roberto Bolano is most widely known for his groundbreaking novels and irreverent poetry, but as he became increasingly famous he found himself in great demand as a writer of non-fiction. Between Parentheses collects most of the newspaper columns and articles Bolano wrote during the last five years of his life, as well as the texts of some of his speeches and talks, and a few scattered prologues. Cantankerous and insufferably opinionated, Bolano's subjects range from literary criticism to tender pieces about his family and favourite places; works of passionate disparagement sit alongside fierce advocation of his heroes and favourite contemporaries; he argues for courage and bravery in the face of failure and vehemently demands `creativity in all levels'. Furthermore, Between Parentheses offers an opportunity to discover the man behind the international phenomena: it is, as the book's editor Ignacio Echevarria remarks in his introduction, `a personal cartography of the writer: the closest thing, among all his writings, to a kind of fragmented "autobiography." '

Author Biography

Roberto Bolano was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1953. He grew up in Chile and Mexico City. His novel The Savage Detectives was chosen as one of the ten best books of 2007 by the Washington Post and the New York Times Book Review. His posthumous masterpiece, 2666, won the National Book Critics Circle Award.

Reviews

Bolano's judgments are a joy to read. Between Parentheses is a treasure chest: filled with odd glittering jewels and fistfuls of gold. In these essays we hear Bolano's real voice. * Nation *