Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of First edition. Book is in fine condition, crisp and clean with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dust jacket is fresh and bright. 8vo. 144pp. In protective mylar. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of First edition. Book is in fine condition, crisp and clean with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dust jacket is fresh and bright. 8vo. 144pp. In protective mylar.; 8vo 8"-9" tall.
First thus - first UK trade paperback, full number line to 1. Translated by Chris Andrews. Minimal indications of prior handling. Cut-away peep cover designed by Keenan. Petronius epigraph: "In our misery we wanted to scream for help, / but there was no one there to come to our aid." 184pp. Octavo.
First printing. Translation by Natasha Wimmer of "Los sinsabores del verdadero policÃa" (Anagrama, 2011). Volume, measuring approximately 6.75" x 9.5", is bound in pale yellow paper spine and boards, with stamped black lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket are new. 250 pages. "The novel follows Ãscar Amalfitano―an exiled Chilean university professor and widower―through the maze of his revolutionary past, his relationship with his teenage daughter, Rosa, his passion for a former student, and his retreat from scandal in Barcelona. Forced to leave Barcelona for Santa Teresa, a Mexican city close to the U.S. border where women are being killed in unprecedented numbers, Amalfitano soon begins an affair with Castillo, a young forger of Larry Rivers paintings. Meanwhile, Rosa, Amalfitano's daughter, engages in her own epistolary romance with a basketball player from Barcelona, while still trying to cope with her mother's early death and her father's secrets. After finding Castillo in bed with her father, Rosa is forced to confront her own crisis. What follows is an intimate police investigation of Amalfitano that involves a series of dark twists, culminating in a finale full of euphoria and heartbreak. Featuring characters and stories from his other books, "Woes of the True Policeman" invites the reader more than ever into the world of Roberto Bolaño. It is an exciting, kaleidoscopic novel, lyrical and intense, yet darkly humorous. Exploring the roots of memory and the limits of art, "Woes of the True Policeman" marks the culmination of one of the great careers of world literature."
New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. American First. Complete number line from 1 to 10; minimal wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; 278 pages; dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover.
First edition Translated from the Spanish. Very fine and bright in like pictorial dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Publisher's sheet enclosed
First printing. Translation by Natasha Wimmer of "Los sinsabores del verdadero policÃa" (Anagrama, 2011). Volume, measuring approximately 6.75" x 9.5", is bound in pale yellow paper spine and boards, with stamped black lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket are new. 250 pages."The novel follows Ãscar Amalfitanoâan exiled Chilean university professor and widowerâthrough the maze of his revolutionary past, his relationship with his teenage daughter, Rosa, his passion for a former student, and his retreat from scandal in Barcelona.Forced to leave Barcelona for Santa Teresa, a Mexican city close to the U.S. border where women are being killed in unprecedented numbers, Amalfitano soon begins an affair with Castillo, a young forger of Larry Rivers paintings. Meanwhile, Rosa, Amalfitano's daughter, engages in her own epistolary romance with a basketball player from Barcelona, while still trying to cope with her mother's early death and her father's secrets. After finding Castillo in bed with her father, Rosa is forced to confront her own crisis. What follows is an intimate police investigation of Amalfitano that involves a series of dark twists, culminating in a finale full of euphoria and heartbreak.Featuring characters and stories from his other books, "Woes of the True Policeman" invites the reader more than ever into the world of Roberto Bolaño. It is an exciting, kaleidoscopic novel, lyrical and intense, yet darkly humorous. Exploring the roots of memory and the limits of art, "Woes of the True Policeman" marks the culmination of one of the great careers of world literature."
Picador, 2010-01-01. First THUS. Hardcover. Very Good/No dustjacket as issued. 6x0x8. First Picador printing with full number line. The binding is tight with mild crushing to ends of spine. Some light chipping to panel edges and corners. Text is unmarked.
New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. American First. Complete number line from 1 to 10; minimal wear; otherwise a solid, clean, unread copy in collectible condition; 250 pages; dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover.
New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. American First. Complete number line from 1 to 10; minimal wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; 250 pages; dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover.
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