The Skating Rink
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (574 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0811217132 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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“The Skating Rink…like much of what Bolano wrote, leaves many new novels looking pretty bland.” (Anthony Cummins - The Observer)“Darkly funny, but also tender and complex in the tenor of classic Bolaño novels.” (Savannah ("Savvy") Jones - SirReadaLot)“…this Catalan drama sizzles with unrequited love and murderous ambition.” (Emma Hagestadt - The Independent)“A highly engaging novel of lyricism, menace and beauty.” (James Yeh - The Faster Times)“Passion, mystery, seedy bars, and Bolaño's Olympian irony are here, as always.” (The Village Voice)“The latest release in the series of highly masterful and literary translations by Chris Andrews…. Deserves to be read widely.” (Rosemary Aud Fr
Among his many prizes are the extremely prestigious Herralde de Novela Award and the Premio Rómulo Gallegos. He was widely considered to be the greatest Latin American writer of his generation. He has translated books by Roberto Bolaño and César Aira for New Directions. Author of 2666 and many other acclaimed works, Roberto Bolaño (1953-2003) was born in Santiago, Chile, and later lived in Mexico
A complex book, The Skating Rink’s short chapters are skillfully broken off with questions to maintain the narrative tension: Who was murdered? Who was the murderer? Will the murderer be caught? All of these questions are answered, and yet The Skating Rink is not fundamentally a crime novel, or not exclusively; it’s also about political corruption, sex, the experience of immigration, and frustrated passion. “He is by far the most exciting writer to come from South of the Rio Grande in a long time.” Ilan Stavans, Los Angeles Times Set in the seaside town of Z, on the Costa Brava, north of Barcelona, The Skating Rink oscillates between two poles: a camp ground and a ruined mansion, the Palacio Benvingut. The story, told by three male narrators, revolves around a beautiful figure skating champion, Nuria Martí. But Nuria has affairs, provokes jealousy, and the skating rink becomes a crime scene. A mysterious pair of women, an ex-opera singer and a taciturn girl often arm
Dallas Fawson said Very pleased.. I was worried about this novel for two reasons: I saw that this was written early in his career, and was afraid that he hadn't yet mastered his writing style. The other reason is that they'd already published so many of his novels, and I was worried they'd published all of his good ones first.Luckily, I was not at all disappointed. While his wri. Mig Jants said Concise, unpretentious, but still classic Bolaño. Bolaño's style here is much sparer than in his later novels (most notably "Concise, unpretentious, but still classic Bolaño" according to Mig Jants. Bolaño's style here is much sparer than in his later novels (most notably 2666 and The Savage Detectives, but also to a lesser extent in Nazi Literature in the Americas and Amulet). Where typically I am accustomed to seeing long poetic gesticulations over the simplest of events, objects, or people, in "The Skating Rink", Bolaño sti. 666 and The Savage Detectives, but also to a lesser extent in Nazi Literature in the Americas and Amulet). Where typically I am accustomed to seeing long poetic gesticulations over the simplest of events, objects, or people, in "The Skating Rink", Bolaño sti. "great depicting, not bolanesque perfection perhaps but the few" according to Lina W. A corageous structure, great depicting, not bolanesque perfection perhaps but the few defects give the book an organic feeling of genius.