{"product_id":"last-evenings-on-earth-by-roberto-bolano","title":"Last Evenings On Earth by Roberto Bolaño","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA major, retrospective launch of Roberto Bolaño’s work – now published as a Vintage Classics author for the first time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘This is where the story should end, but life is not as kind as literature...’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA journey to Acapulco gradually becomes a descent into the underworld. An elderly South American writer instructs a protégé in the subterfuges of entering work for provincial literary prizes. A litany unfolds, offering sixty-nine reasons why not to dance with Pablo Neruda.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘The melancholy folklore of exile,’ as Roberto Bolaño once put it, pervades the fourteen haunting stories of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLast Evenings on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e. Set in the Chilean exile diaspora of Latin America and Europe, and peopled by Bolano's beloved ‘failed generation,’ this collection was the first to introduce the English-speaking world to Bolaño’s immeasurable gifts as a short-story writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Chris Andrews\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lit Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52610834465081,"sku":"11855341","price":75.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/6871\/7369\/files\/11855341.jpg?v=1776941031","url":"https:\/\/shop.cziplee.com\/products\/last-evenings-on-earth-by-roberto-bolano","provider":"CzipLee Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}