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Woes of the True Policeman

A Novel - With a New Prologue

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  • 272pagine
  • 10 ore di lettura

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Author of <i>The Savage Detectives</i> and <i>2666</i> Crushed by a devastating scandal, university professor Óscar Amalfitano flees Barcelona for Santa Teresa—a Mexican city close to the U.S. border, where women are being killed in staggering numbers. There, Amalfitano begins an affair with Castillo, a young forger of Larry Rivers paintings, while his daughter, Rosa, reeling from the weight of his secrets, seeks solace in a romance of her own. Yet when she finds her father in bed with Castillo, Rosa is confronted with the full force of her crisis. What follows is an intimate police investigation of Amalfitano, leading to a finale of euphoria and heartbreak. Featuring characters and stories from <i>The Savage Detectives</i> and <i>2666</i>, Roberto Bolaño's <i>Woes of the True Policeman</i> mines the depths of art, memory, and desire—and marks the culmination of one of the great careers of world literature.

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Woes of the True Policeman, Roberto Bolaňo, Natasha Wimmer

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Pubblicato
2013
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(In brossura),
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Titolo
Woes of the True Policeman
Sottotitolo
A Novel - With a New Prologue
Lingua
Inglese
Editore
Picador
Pubblicato
2013
Formato
In brossura
Pagine
272
ISBN10
1250037824
ISBN13
9781250037824
Serie
Categoria
Descrizione
Author of <i>The Savage Detectives</i> and <i>2666</i> Crushed by a devastating scandal, university professor Óscar Amalfitano flees Barcelona for Santa Teresa—a Mexican city close to the U.S. border, where women are being killed in staggering numbers. There, Amalfitano begins an affair with Castillo, a young forger of Larry Rivers paintings, while his daughter, Rosa, reeling from the weight of his secrets, seeks solace in a romance of her own. Yet when she finds her father in bed with Castillo, Rosa is confronted with the full force of her crisis. What follows is an intimate police investigation of Amalfitano, leading to a finale of euphoria and heartbreak. Featuring characters and stories from <i>The Savage Detectives</i> and <i>2666</i>, Roberto Bolaño's <i>Woes of the True Policeman</i> mines the depths of art, memory, and desire—and marks the culmination of one of the great careers of world literature.