The Return (Paperback)
Roberto Bolano
- Publisher: Vintage Publishing, London
- Date published: 2024
- Format: Softcover
- ISBN: 9781784879518
Paperback. A major, retrospective launch of Roberto Bolano's work - now published as a Vintage Classics author for the first time.'In this neighbourhood, only the dead go out for a walk'.A young party animal collapses in a Parisian disco and dies on the dance floor, only to watch his soul departing his body. Two embittered police detectives debate their favourite weapons. A violent man looks back on his childhood and seeks out the now-aged male porn actor his mother shot movies with.Here is the eagerly anticipated second volume of stories by Roberto Bolano. Tender or etched in acid; hazily suggestive or chillingly definitive- The Return is a trove of strangely arresting short master works.TRANSLATED BY CHRIS ANDREWS'Dark, intimate and sneakily touching. There is gold to be found in this collection' New York Review of Books'Each tale turns the reader into a voyeur, grasping at snapshots of troubled lives and ghosts' Observer'A compelling encapsulation of Bolano's work. You won't be bored' Los Angeles Times Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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