Modelian whores: Roberto Bolano

The Chilean poet and prose writer Roberto Bolanyo lived only fifty years and, although he began to be printed in forty, managed to publish more than a dozen books and become a laureate of many awards, including very honorable ones: the Spanish “Erralda” and Venezuela – the name of Romulus Galigos, nicknamed “Latin American Nobel.” Great Glory came to Bolano after the release of Wild Detectives, and the novel “2666” published after his death received the Salambo Prize in the nomination “Best Romance in Spanish”, was recognized as the book of the year in Portugal, and The New York Times included it in the ten main books of 2008. The stories included in the collection “The Sleuts-Dovers” wrote, as the most of his prose, in exile, having left Chile after the 1973 coup, first to Mexico, and then to Spain. The action takes place in different cities and countries where the executive writer visited. The plots are the most unexpected – from the nostalgic experiences of the killer to African magic in football or genuine episodes from life …

Author
Bolano Roberto
Translator
Bogomolova Natalya
Publisher
Corpus, 2011
Series
Roman