Name: Last Evenings on Earth
ISBN: 9780811216883

Roberto Bolaño

Fourteen dark tales about the tragic qualities of exile feature protagonists who are struggling with marginal lives and private, often ill-fated, quests, in a collection set in the Chilean exile diaspora of Latin America and Europe. Reprint.

Last Evenings on Earth

Nathan Johnson

This is the first collection by the universally acclaimed Chilean author to be published in English and it is an outstanding introduction to Bolaño's writing. Bolaño's narrators are grappling with their own private quests while living in the margins, on the edges, in constant flight from nightmarish threats. His stories are often witty, frequently melancholy and always original.

A slow read. All praise to the translator. Short stories where things happen. Or don’t. Bolano’s style here is almost reportage. And focused on displacement. 