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Roberto Bolano

The Savage Detectives

The Savage Detectives

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The Savage Detectives is a Latin American novel by Roberto Bolaño, translated by Natasha Wimmer, that follows two hunted men on a quest to track down the mythical poet Cesárea Tinajero. It is considered one of the most dazzling Latin American novels of all time, with Bolaño's writing being unparalleled and his field being politics, poetry, and melancholia.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 672 pages
Publication date: 04 July 2024
Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Roberto Bolaño's "The Savage Detectives" is a remarkable journey through our darkening universe, told, shared, and mythologized by a generation of lovers, rebels, and readers. Their testimonies are woven together into one of the most dazzling Latin American novels of all time. Bolaño's writing is unparalleled, making you feel changed for having read him and adjusting your angle of view on the world.

New Years Eve,1975

Two hunted men leave Mexico City in a borrowed white Impala

Their quest: to track down the mythical, vanished poet Cesárea Tinajero

But, twenty years later, they are still on the run

The Savage Detectives is their remarkable journey through our darkening universe

Told, shared, and mythologized by a generation of lovers, rebels, and readers

Their testimonies are woven together into one of the most dazzling Latin American novels of all time

TRANSLATED BY NATASHA WIMMER

Roberto Bolaño was a game changer: his field was politics, poetry, and melancholia

He could be funny, he could be literate, he could be devastating

And his writing was always unparalleled

Mariana Enríquez

Bolaño makes you feel changed for having read him; he adjusts your angle of view on the world

Guardian

Roberto Bolaño's "The Savage Detectives" is a remarkable journey through our darkening universe, told, shared, and mythologized by a generation of lovers, rebels, and readers. Their testimonies are woven together into one of the most dazzling Latin American novels of all time. Bolaño's writing is unparalleled, making you feel changed for having read him and adjusting your angle of view on the world.

Weight: 464g
Dimension: 197 x 129 x 44 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781784879525

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