Distant Star
An Unnamed Narrator Pieces Together The Life And Works Of An Enigmatic Would-be Poet Turned Military Assassin During Pinochet's Regime In Chile. In The Early 1970s Alberto Ruiz-tagle Was A Little-known Poet Living In Southern Chile. After The Military Coup Of 1973 That Brought In The Dictatorship Of General Pinochet, He Embarked Upon A New Career That Involved Him In Committing Murder And Other Brutalities, And Subsequently Led To His Emergence As A Lieutenant In The Chilean Air Force Under His Actual Name, Carlos Wieder. Some Time Later The Narrator, Now Held In A Prison Camp, Looks Up And Sees A World War Ii Airplane Writing The First Words Of The Book Of Genesis In Smoke In The Sky. The Aviator Is None Other Carlos Wieder, Launching His Own Version Of The New Chilean Poetry ... This Novel Of Roberto Bolano (who Died 2003) Is A Chilling Investigation Of The Fascist Mentality And The Limits Of Evil. Roberto Bolaño ; Translated From The Spanish By Chris Andrews.
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| Title | Distant Star |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 1843430940 |
| ISBN 10 | 1843430940 |
| ISBN 13 | 9781843430940 |
| Date published | 2004 |
| Edition | Translated from Spanish |
| MRSP | 0.00 |
| Pages | 160 |
| Author | Roberto Bolano |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Language | en |
| Publisher | New Directions |
| Tags | Fiction, political |
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