Now in paperback — the sole collection of the great Chilean writer’s essays
Between Parentheses
collects Roberto Bolaño’s nonfiction: fiercely opinionated articles, speeches, essays, and talks, as well as most of the newspaper columns he wrote during the last five years of his life, when fame had come to him at last. Here we have a tender account of his return to Chile, reflections on family life, impassioned takes on books by writers Bolaño admired (or vehemently despised), and advice on how to write a short story.
fully lives up to Bolaño’s own demands: “I ask for creativity from literary criticism, creativity on all levels.”