{"product_id":"last-evenings-on-earth","title":"Roberto Bolano: Last Evenings On Earth [2024] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is where the story should end, but life is not as kind as literature...'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA journey to Acapulco gradually becomes a descent into the underworld. An elderly South American writer instructs a protege in the subterfuges of entering work for provincial literary prizes. A litany unfolds, offering sixty-nine reasons why not to dance with Pablo Neruda.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The melancholy folklore of exile,' as Roberto Bolano once put it, pervades the fourteen haunting stories of \u003ci\u003eLast Evenings on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e. Set in the Chilean exile diaspora of Latin America and Europe, and peopled by Bolano's beloved 'failed generation,' this collection was the first to introduce the English-speaking world to Bolano's immeasurable gifts as a short-story writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTRANSLATED BY CHRIS ANDREWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'May be the most haunting and mesmerising collection I have ever read' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It is a shame that Bolano has no more evenings on earth, his unique voice asserting the importance and exuberance of literature will be sorely missed' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bolano, Roberto \u0026 Andrews, Chris","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49339376763219,"sku":"9781784879570","price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/bolano-roberto-andrews-chris-roberto-bolano-last-evenings-on-earth-2024-paperback-9781784879570-58694056902995.jpg?v=1726709346","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/last-evenings-on-earth","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}