Roberto Bolano
Chilean novelist who spent most of his life in Mexico and Spain and is one of the most celebrated Latin American writers of his generation. 2666 and The Savage Detectives are sprawling masterworks. He died before experiencing the full scope of his posthumous success.
Works
- 2666Epic novel set in a violent border city spanning decades of literary investigation
- The Savage DetectivesNovel following four poets searching for an elusive literary figure across Latin America
- By Night in ChileNovella about a dying Chilean priest reflecting on complicity during military rule
- Distant StarNovella examining poet-assassins and art amid political violence and fascism
- AmuletNovella narrated by a woman reflecting on war, poetry, and survival
- Nazi Literature in the AmericasInventive encyclopedia of fascist writers in an imagined literary history