{"product_id":"9781784879570-last-evenings-on-earth","title":"Last Evenings On Earth","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘This is where the story should end, but life is not as kind as literature.’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA journey to Acapulco gradually becomes a descent into the underworld. An elderly South American writer instructs a protégé in the subterfuges of entering work for provincial literary prizes. A litany unfolds, offering sixty-nine reasons why not to dance with Pablo Neruda.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘The melancholy folklore of exile,’ as Roberto Bolaño once put it, pervades the fourteen haunting stories of \u003ci\u003eLast Evenings on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e. Set in the Chilean exile diaspora of Latin America and Europe, and peopled by Bolano's beloved ‘failed generation,’ this collection was the first to introduce the English-speaking world to Bolaño’s immeasurable gifts as a short-story writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTRANSLATED BY CHRIS ANDREWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘May be the most haunting and mesmerising collection I have ever read’ \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘It is a shame that Bolaño has no more evenings on earth, his unique voice asserting the importance and exuberance of literature will be sorely missed’ \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41607547650145,"sku":"9781784879570","price":8.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32315987.jpg?v=1737186480","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781784879570-last-evenings-on-earth","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}