By Night in Chile

Name: By Night in Chile
Author: Roberto Bolano

by Roberto Bolano

Novella about a dying Chilean priest reflecting on complicity during military rule

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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.

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