| The Savage Detectives Contributor(s): Bolano, Roberto (Author), Wimmer, Natasha (Translator), Lopez, Eddie (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1433292645 ISBN-13: 9781433292644 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $40.46 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: August 2009 Annotation: This wildly inventive novel tells the story of two modern day Quixotesthe last survivors of an underground literary movement, perhaps of literature itselfon a tragicomic quest through a darkening, entropic universe. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 2" H x 5.2" W x 5.8" (1.10 lbs) |
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| Publisher Description: The late Chilean writer Roberto Bolano has been called the Garcia Marquez of his generation. In this dazzling novel, the book that established his international reputation, Bolano tells the story of two modern-day Quixotes--the last survivors of an underground literary movement, perhaps of literature itself--on a tragicomic quest through a darkening, entropic universe. Brilliantly rendered into English by Natasha Wimmer, the acclaimed translator of Bolano's other great masterwork, 2666, The Savage Detectives is an exuberant, wildly inventive and ambitious novel from one of the greatest Latin American authors of our age. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bolano, Roberto: - Roberto Bolano (1953-2003), born in Santiago, Chile, grew up in Chile and Mexico City, where he was a founder of the infrarealist poetry movement. His first full-length novel, The Savage Detectives, received the Herralde Prize and the Romulo Gallegos Prize when it appeared in 1998. Wimmer, Natasha: -Natasha Wimmer's translation of The Savage Detectives was chosen as one of the ten best books of 2007 by the Washington Post and New York Times. Lopez, Eddie: -Eddie Lopez, a northern California native, earned his BFA in theater from the California Institute of the Arts. He has worked professionally in Los Angeles as an actor and is currently with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He began recording audiobooks for family road trips at the age of eight on his home cassette deck. Duran, Armando: -Armando Duran has appeared in films, television, and regional theaters throughout the West Coast. For the last decade he has been a member of the resident acting company at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. In 2009 he was named by AudioFile as Best Voice in Biography and History for his narration of Che Guevara. A native Californian, he divides his time between Los Angeles and Ashland, Oregon. |