The spirit of science fiction

Title
  1. The spirit of science fiction / Roberto Bolaño ; translated by Natasha Wimmer.
Published by
  1. New York : Penguin Press, 2019.
  2. ©2018
Author
  1. Bolaño, Roberto, 1953-2003

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Additional authors
  1. Wimmer, Natasha
Description
  1. 196 pages; 22 cm
Summary
  1. "Set in Mexico in the 1970s, the novel charts the literary and romantic escapades of two Chilean aspiring writers, employing a range of genres, from epistolary novel to science fiction to satire"-- Provided by publisher.
  2. Mexico, 1970s. Jan and Remo find themselves adrift in Mexico City. Obsessed with poetry, and, above all, with science fiction, they are eager to forge a life in the literary world- or sacrifice themselves to it. The city tugs them in opposite directions. Jan withdraws from the world, shutting himself in their shared rooftop apartment where he feverishly composes fan letters to the stars of science fiction and dreams of cosmonauts and Nazis. Remo runs headfirst into the future, spending his days and nights with a circle of wild young writers, seeking pleasure in the city's labyrinthine streets, rundown cafés, and murky bathhouses. -- adapted from jacket
Uniform title
  1. Espíritu de la ciencia-ficción. English
Alternative title
  1. Espíritu de la ciencia-ficción.
Subject
  1. Authorship > Fiction
  2. Authors, Chilean > Fiction
  3. Chileans > Mexico > Fiction
  4. Authors, Chilean
  5. Authorship
  6. Chileans
  7. FICTION / Coming of Age
  8. FICTION / Hispanic & Latino
  9. FICTION / Literary
  10. Mexico City (Mexico) > Fiction
  11. Mexico
  12. Mexico > Mexico City
Genre/Form
  1. Fiction.
  2. FICTION / Literary.
Call number
  1. JFD 19-2125
Note
  1. "Originally published in Spanish under the title El Espíritu de la ciencia-ficción by Alfaguara, Madrid"--Title page verso.
Author
  1. Bolaño, Roberto, 1953-2003, author.
Title
  1. The spirit of science fiction / Roberto Bolaño ; translated by Natasha Wimmer.
Publisher
  1. New York : Penguin Press, 2019.
Copyright date
  1. ©2018
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Added author
  1. Wimmer, Natasha, translator.
Other form:
  1. Online version: Bolaño, Roberto, 1953-2003. Spirit of science fiction. New York : Penguin Press, 2018 9780735222861 (DLC) 2018008859
LCCN
  1. 2018006213
Other standard identifier
  1. 40028849193
ISBN
  1. 9780735222854 hardcover
  2. 0735222851 hardcover
  3. 9780735222861 electronic book
Research call number
  1. JFD 19-2125
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