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Distant Star

Fiction

Roberto Bolaño
translated by Chris Andrews

A chilling novel about the nightmare of a corrupt and brutal dictatorship.

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“The most influential and admired novelist of his generation in the Spanish-speaking world.”

— Susan Sontag, Times Literary Supplement

Cover design by Semadar Megged

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Roberto Bolaño

20th century Chilean poet and novelist

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Publication Date: December 1, 2004

Paperback $ 14.95
160 pages
ISBN 9780811215862

trim size: 5x8

Ebook $14.95
ISBN 9780811220521

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