{"product_id":"the-collected-short-stories-of-roberto-b-1784879487","title":"The Collected Short Stories of Roberto B","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1784879487\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Roberto Bola\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CHRIS POWER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e?A master of the short form? \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWide-ranging, suggestive, and ever-daring, Roberto Bolao's short stories map out the dark terrain that he would go on to explore in his novellas and epic novels.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom melancholic portraits of exile and its folklore to a rogue?s gallery of desperate characters futilely attempting to unearth the animating secrets of the world, each of Bolao?s short fictions adds yet another door, a window, a secret passage onto the sinister, eerie universe that Bolao brought to life across his body of work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBringing together \u003ci\u003eLast Evenings on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Return\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Insufferable Gaucho\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as Bolao?s posthumously published stories, this new book marks the first time these fictions have been collected in one edition, allowing for a major reappraisal of the vital place that the short story commands for Bolao?s literary legacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e?Bolao was a flat-out genius, one of the greatest writers of our time? Paul Auster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e?Bolao was a game his field was politics, poetry and melancholia . . . and his writing was always unparalleled? Mariana Enríquez\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52225475936544,"sku":"NEW1784879487","price":35.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81ak1gl4cFL.jpg?v=1787301982","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-collected-short-stories-of-roberto-b-1784879487","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}