{"product_id":"the-return-roberto-bolao-9780811217156","title":"The Return","description":"As Pankaj Mishra remarked in \u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the remarkable qualities of Bolano's short stories is that they can do the \"work of a novel.\" \u003cem\u003eThe Return\u003c\/em\u003e contains thirteen unforgettable stories bent on returning to haunt you. Wide-ranging, suggestive, and daring, a Bolano story might concern the unexpected fate of a beautiful ex-girlfriend or a dream of meeting Enrique Lihn: his plots go anywhere and everywhere and they always surprise. Consider the title piece: a young party animal collapses in a Parisian disco and dies on the dance floor; just as his soul is departing his body, it realizes strange doings are afoot--and what follows next defies the imagination (except Bolano's own).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Although a few have been serialized in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/em\u003e, most of the stories of \u003cem\u003eThe Return\u003c\/em\u003e have never before appeared in English, and to Bolano's many readers will be like catnip to the cats.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roberto Bola\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811217159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811217156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.32h x 5.82w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/03\/2010 pg. 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2010 pg. 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2010 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/19\/2010 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/13\/2011 pg. 33","brand":"Roberto Bola","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44190577164543,"sku":"9780811217156","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_54ea88e8-8f96-4ab3-8bec-c8b0b34ac867.jpg?v=1690871274","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-return-roberto-bolao-9780811217156","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}