The spirit of science fiction /
Bolaño, Roberto, 1953-2003,
The spirit of science fiction / Roberto Bolaño ; translated by Natasha Wimmer. - 196 pages ; 22 cm
"Originally published in Spanish under the title El Espíritu de la ciencia-ficción by Alfaguara, Madrid."
"Set in Mexico in the 1970s, the novel charts the literary and romantic escapades of two Chilean aspiring writers, employing a range of genres, from epistolary novel to science fiction to satire"-- Mexico, 1970s. Jan and Remo find themselves adrift in Mexico City. Obsessed with poetry, and, above all, with science fiction, they are eager to forge a life in the literary world- or sacrifice themselves to it. The city tugs them in opposite directions. Jan withdraws from the world, shutting himself in their shared rooftop apartment where he feverishly composes fan letters to the stars of science fiction and dreams of cosmonauts and Nazis. Remo runs headfirst into the future, spending his days and nights with a circle of wild young writers, seeking pleasure in the city's labyrinthine streets, rundown cafés, and murky bathhouses. -- adapted from jacket
Translated from the Spanish.
9780735222854 0735222851 1984877917 9781984877918
Penguin Group USA, Attn: Order Processing 405 Murray Hill Pkwy, East Rutherford, NJ, USA, 07073-2136 SAN 201-3975
2018006213
Authorship--Fiction.
Authors, Chilean--Fiction.
Chileans--Mexico--Fiction.
Mexico City (Mexico)--Fiction.
The spirit of science fiction / Roberto Bolaño ; translated by Natasha Wimmer. - 196 pages ; 22 cm
"Originally published in Spanish under the title El Espíritu de la ciencia-ficción by Alfaguara, Madrid."
"Set in Mexico in the 1970s, the novel charts the literary and romantic escapades of two Chilean aspiring writers, employing a range of genres, from epistolary novel to science fiction to satire"-- Mexico, 1970s. Jan and Remo find themselves adrift in Mexico City. Obsessed with poetry, and, above all, with science fiction, they are eager to forge a life in the literary world- or sacrifice themselves to it. The city tugs them in opposite directions. Jan withdraws from the world, shutting himself in their shared rooftop apartment where he feverishly composes fan letters to the stars of science fiction and dreams of cosmonauts and Nazis. Remo runs headfirst into the future, spending his days and nights with a circle of wild young writers, seeking pleasure in the city's labyrinthine streets, rundown cafés, and murky bathhouses. -- adapted from jacket
Translated from the Spanish.
9780735222854 0735222851 1984877917 9781984877918
Penguin Group USA, Attn: Order Processing 405 Murray Hill Pkwy, East Rutherford, NJ, USA, 07073-2136 SAN 201-3975
2018006213
Authorship--Fiction.
Authors, Chilean--Fiction.
Chileans--Mexico--Fiction.
Mexico City (Mexico)--Fiction.