Shortly after becoming the German war-games champion, Udo Berger and his girlfriend, Ingeborg, take a holiday on the Costa Brava. There they meet another vacationing German couple, Charly and Hanna, and a band of shady locals – including the Wolf and the Lamb – who introduce them to the darker side of life in the town. Then, late one night, Charly disappears without a trace, and Udo's well-ordered life is thrown into upheaval... Refusing to leave the resort, even after Ingeborg returns home, Udo's increasingly feverish dreams push him into delirium. As everything slips beyond his grasp, he attempts to re-assert himself by engaging the enigmatic and severely disfigured El Quemado – a foreigner who lives in a Spartan burrow on the beach – in a days-long match of his favourite war game, Third Reich. But, too late to stop the madness, he realises that the consequences of this game are more serious than he ever imagined. Less fragmented than his shorter work, this visceral novel exploring memory, madness and violence will be both a welcome addition to the established oeuvre and a significant new work for those yet to discover the strange, oblique genius of Roberto Bolano.
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Roberto Bolaño Ávalos
Bolaño cresceu no México e voltou ao Chile natal no começo dos anos 70, entusiasmado com o governo do presidente socialista Salvador Allende. Derrubado o regime, em 1973, o jovem trotskista foi perseguido e passou alguns dias na prisão. Depois, partiu para a Espanha e, na Costa Brava catalã, acabou fincando raízes. Seus livros tratam de modo original o gênero policial, mas também falam de política e drogas, além de refletir sobre a própria literatura, tendo usualmente escritores --e a si mesmo-- como personagens.
82 Livros
223 Seguidores
Gran Santiago, Chile