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An edition of Los detectives salvajes (1998)

The Savage Detectives

1st ed.

by

  • ★★★★ 4.3 (7 ratings)
  • 70 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 13 Have read

Una clave más del universo literario de Roberto Bolaño, uno de los escritores imprescindibles de la literatura contemporánea en español. Este volumen incluye tres nouvelles inéditas -"Patria", "Sepulcros de vaqueros" y "Comedia del horror de Francia"- en las que está presente lo mejor del genio literario del autor chileno: el Mal, la violencia, la historia, la literatura, la ironía, México, Chile, el amor, el suspense, la búsqueda... a lo que se suma alguno de sus personajes más célebres, como el ubicuo detective salvaje Arturo Belano.

English translation of Spanish summary: One more key to the literary universe of Roberto Bolaño, one of the essential writers of Spanish contemporary literature. This volume includes three unpublished novellas - "Patria," "Sepulcros de vaqueros," and "Comedia del horror de Francia" -- in which the best of the literary genius of the Chilean author is present: evil, violence, history, literature , irony, Mexico, Chile, love, suspense, search ... to which is added some of his most famous characters, such as the ubiquitous wild detective Arturo Belano

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Language
English
Pages
577

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Fiction, mystery & detective, general Mexico city (mexico), fiction Authors, fiction Fiction Fugitives from justice Latin American poetry Underground literature Mexican Poets Fiction, psychological Missing persons, fiction Poets, Mexican Suspense fiction Romance literature Spanish language materials Chilean Short stories Cuentos chilenos Authors Chilean fiction Roman chilien Detectives Novela Personas desaparecidas Novela chilena Literatura chilena Literatura clandestina Missing persons Ficción Poesía latinoamericana Poetas mexicanos Mexico, fiction

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Mexico Mexico City (Mexico)

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Mexico

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Cover of: The Savage Detectives
The Savage Detectives
2007, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Hardcover in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: The Savage Detectives
The Savage Detectives
2007, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Hardcover in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Los detectives salvajes
Los detectives salvajes
2005, Anagrama
Paperback in Spanish - 8a ed.
Cover of: Die wilden Detektive
Die wilden Detektive
2004, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag
Paperback in German
Cover of: I detective selvaggi
I detective selvaggi
1998, Adelphi
Paperback in Italian

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Edition Notes

First USA edition.

Published in
New York, USA
Translation Of
Los detectives salvajes
Translated From
Spanish

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
863.64
Library of Congress
PQ8098.12.O38 D4813 2007

Contributors

Translator
Natasha Wimmer

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
577 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Number of pages
577

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL7423175M
ISBN 10
0374191484
ISBN 13
9780374191481
LCCN
2006022176
OCLC/WorldCat
70265594
Goodreads
63033

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL712032W
LibraryThing
174272
Wikidata
Q898056

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