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Nazi Literature in the Americas by Roberto Bolaño (2009, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherNew Directions Publishing Corporation

ISBN-100811217949

ISBN-139780811217941

eBay Product ID (ePID)71694692

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Book TitleNazi Literature in the Americas

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicClassics, Hispanic & Latino, General, Literary

Publication Year2009

GenreFiction

AuthorRoberto Bolaño

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight9.5 Oz

Item Length8.1 in

Item Width5.2 in

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Dewey Edition23

ReviewsMasterfully executed...the book is wildly funny... [a] wickedly entertaining and evocative masterwork., It is imaginative, full of a love for literature, and, unlikely as it may seem, exceptionally entertaining., The wild inventiveness of Bolaño's evocations places them squarely in the realm of Borges--another writer who draws enormous power from the movement between the fictive and the real. , With his meticulous, expertly crafted idiosyncrasies Bolao has created another universe here, a breathing, thriving world., With his meticulous, expertly crafted idiosyncrasies Bolaño has created another universe here, a breathing, thriving world., The wild inventiveness of Bolao's evocations places them squarely in the realm of Borges--another writer who draws enormous power from the movement between the fictive and the real. , Nazi Literature in the Americas, a wicked invented encyclopedia of imaginary fascist writers and literary tastemakers, is Bolano playing with sharp, twisting knives. As if he were Borges's wisecracking, sardonic son, Bolano has meticulously created a tightly woven network of far-right litterateurs and purveyors of belles lettres for whom Hitler was beauty, truth, and the great lost hope. , Nazi Literature in the Americas, a wicked invented encyclopedia of imaginary fascist writers and literary tastemakers, is Bolaño playing with sharp, twisting knives. As if he were Borges's wisecracking, sardonic son, Bolaño has meticulously created a tightly woven network of far-right litterateurs and purveyors of belles lettres for whom Hitler was beauty, truth, and the great lost hope.

Dewey Decimal863.64

SynopsisA "biographical dictionary" gathering 30 brief accounts of poets,novelists and editors (all fictional) who espouse fascist or extremelyright-wing political views., Nazi Literature in the Americas was the first of Roberto Bolaño's books to reach a wide public. When it was published by Seix Barral in 1996, critics in Spain were quick to recognize the arrival of an important new talent. The book presents itself as a biographical dictionary of American writers who flirted with or espoused extreme right-wing ideologies in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It is a tour de force of black humor and imaginary erudition. Nazi Literature in the Americas is composed of short biographies, including descriptions of the writers' works, plus an epilogue ("for Monsters"), which includes even briefer biographies of persons mentioned in passing. All of the writers are imaginary, although they are all carefully and credibly situated in real literary worlds. Ernesto Pérez Masón, for example, in the sample included here, is an imaginary member of the real Orígenes group in Cuba, and his farcical clashes with José Lezama Lima recall stories about the spats between Lezama Lima and Virgilio Piñera, as recounted in Guillermo Cabrera Infante's Mea Cuba. The origins of the imaginary writers are diverse. Authors from twelve different countries are included. The countries with the most representatives are Argentina (8) and the USA (7)., Nazi Literature in the Americas was the first of Roberto Bolano's books to reach a wide public. When it was published by Seix Barral in 1996, critics in Spain were quick to recognize the arrival of an important new talent. The book presents itself as a biographical dictionary of American writers who flirted with or espoused extreme right-wing ideologies in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It is a tour de force of black humor and imaginary erudition. Nazi Literature in the Americas is composed of short biographies, including descriptions of the writers' works, plus an epilogue ("for Monsters"), which includes even briefer biographies of persons mentioned in passing. All of the writers are imaginary, although they are all carefully and credibly situated in real literary worlds. Ernesto P rez Mas n, for example, in the sample included here, is an imaginary member of the real Or genes group in Cuba, and his farcical clashes with Jos Lezama Lima recall stories about the spats between Lezama Lima and Virgilio Pinera, as recounted in Guillermo Cabrera Infante's Mea Cuba. The origins of the imaginary writers are diverse. Authors from twelve different countries are included. The countries with the most representatives are Argentina (8) and the USA (7).