Andrews Chris - Roberto Bolano's Fiction An Expanding Universe - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: Since the publication of The Savage Detectives in 2007, the work of Roberto Bolano (1953 - 2003) has achieved an acclaim rarely enjoyed by literature in translation. Chris Andrews a leading translator of Bolano's work into English explores the singular achievements of the author's oeuvre engaging with its distinct style and key thematic concerns incorporating his novels and stories into the larger history of Latin American and global literary fiction. Andrews provides new readings and interpretations of Bolano's novels including 2666, The Savage Detectives and By Night in Chile while at the same time examining the ideas and narrative strategies that unify his work. He begins with a consideration of the reception of Bolano's fiction in English translation examining the reasons behind its popularity. Subsequent chapters explore aspects of Bolano's fictional universe and the political ethical and aesthetic values that shape it. Bolano emerges as the inventor of a prodigiously effective "fiction - making system " a subtle handler of suspense a chronicler of aimlessness a celebrator of courage an anatomist of evil and a proponent of youthful openness. Written in a clear and engaging style Roberto Bolano's Fiction offers an invaluable understanding of one of the most important authors of the last thirty years.
Title: Roberto Bolano's Fiction An Expanding Universe
Author(s): Andrews Chris
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Barcode: 9780231168069
Pages: 304 Pages
Publication Date: 7/29/2014
Category: Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers