Description
Description
Written when he was only twenty-seven, Antwerp can be viewed as the Big Bang of Roberto Bolano's fictional universe. This novel presents the genesis of Bolano's enterprise in prose; all the elements are here, highly compressed, at the moment when his talent explodes. From this springboard--which Bolano chose to publish in 2002, twenty years after he'd written it ("and even that I can't be certain of")--as if testing out a high dive, he would plunge into the unexplored depths of the modern novel.
Voices speak from a dream, from a nightmare, from passersby, from an omniscient narrator, from "Roberto Bolano." Antwerp's fractured narration in fifty-four sections moves in multiple directions and cuts to the bone.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
Literature's new patron saint. -- Sam Anderson
The real thing and the rarest. -- Susan Sontag
Never less than mesmerizing.
Literature s new patron saint.--Sam Anderson
The real thing and the rarest.--Susan Sontag
Literature s new patron saint. --Sam Anderson
The real thing and the rarest. --Susan Sontag
He's already developed a dazzling style all his own. It is perfect for fans, good for recent converts.... --Don Sjoerdsma
There is great value if you are already a devotee. --Robert Birnbaum
Antwerp is a total avant-garde freakout, and has to be among the most linguistically beautiful things Bolano wrote. --Garth Risk Hallberg"
The only novel that doesn't embarrass me is Antwerp. --Roberto Bolano"
Never less than mesmerizing. "
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Pub date:
2012-05-23
Length:
96 pages
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