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In a Chilean poetry workshop, all the students, including the narrator, are fascinated with the talented but mysterious Alberto Ruiz-Tagle. After General Pinochet's bloody rise to power, Ruiz-Tagle, now a pilot in the Chilean air force, writes his propagandistic verse in the sky, where the narrator, imprisoned for his leftist politics, can read them from the prison yard. A surreal, manic, and deeply paranoid novel with a heavy dose of crime noir, DISTANT STAR is Roberto Bolano's mesmerizing tale of poetics and politics gone horribly awry.
| Details | | Series: | New Directions Paperbook |
| Size | | Length: | 149 pages | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.0 in | | Thickness: | 0.2 in | | Weight: | 7.2 oz |
Industry Reviews
"Bolano's spare prose lends his narrator's account a chilly precision...."
New Yorker (02/14/2005)
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