{"product_id":"last-evenings-on-earth-roberto-bolazo-9781250352255","title":"Last Evenings on Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Extraordinarily beautiful . . . [Like] a dream from which we awake inspired to look more attentively at the world.\u003c\/b\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Francine Prose, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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. \"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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roberto Bolaño\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250352258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250352255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"Roberto Bolaño","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48742214336767,"sku":"9781250352255","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/last-evenings-on-earth-roberto-bolazo-9781250352255","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}