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The Romantic Dogs Reprint edition
Roberto Bolaño
The Romantic Dogs Reprint edition
Roberto Bolaño
Listed as a "2009 Indie Next List Poetry Top Ten" book by the American Booksellers Association: Roberto Bolano as he saw himself, in his own first calling as a poet.
Roberto Bolano (1953-2003) has caught on like a house on fire, and The Romantic Dogs, a bilingual collection of forty-four poems, offers American readers their first chance to encounter this literary phenomenon as a poet: his own first and strongest literary persona. These poems, wide-ranging in forms and length, have appeared in magazines such as Harper's, Threepenny Review, The Believer, Boston Review, Soft Targets, Tin House, The Nation, Circumference, A Public Space, and Conduit. Bolano's poetic voice is like no other's: "At that time, I'd reached the age of twenty/and I was crazy. /I'd lost a country/but won a dream./Long as I had that dream/nothing else mattered...."
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | November 1, 2008 |
ISBN13 | 9780811218016 |
Publishers | New Directions |
Pages | 128 |
Dimensions | 134 × 202 × 11 mm · 176 g |
Language | English |
Contributor | Laura Healy |
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