Langbeschreibung
This is one of the first books to trace the development of Roberto Bolano's work from the beginning to the end of his career. It will appeal to graduates and researchers working on Bolano and Latin American Literature generally, particularly the novel, and twentieth- and twenty-first-century literature.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: unpacking Bolaño's library; Part I: 1. 'Undisciplined writing' Antwerp (Amberes); 2. Poetry as symptom and cure Monsieur Pain; 3. The novel's regimes made visible in the Third Reich (El Tercer Reich); Part II: 4. Poetry at the ends of its lines the unknown university (La universidad desconocida) Nazi literature in the Americas (La literatura nazi en América); 5. Post-avant histories distant star (Estrella distante); Part III: 6. Dismantling narrative drive the savage detectives (Los detectives salvajes); 7. Making visible the 'non-power' of poetry Amulet (Amuleto); 8. Poetry, politics, critique by night in Chile (Nocturno de Chile); Part IV: 9. Literary taxonomies after the wall woes of the true policeman (Los sinsabores del verdadero policía); 10. 'What a relief to give up literature' 2666; Conclusion: from the known to the unknown university.