Understanding Roberto Bolaño

Cover; Understanding Roberto Bolaño; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Series Editor's Preface ; Acknowledgments ; A Note on Translations ; Chronology ; 1. Bolaño's Life and Works ; 2. Bolaño the Poet ; 3. The Turn to Fiction: Bolaño's Early Novels (1981-93).

4. Siamese Twins: Nazi Literature in the Americas and Distant Star 5. Bolaño's Breakthrough: The Savage Detectives ; 6. Two Dramatic Monologues: Amulet and By Night in Chile ; 7. The Stories and a Short Lumpen Novel ; 8. 2666: Bolaño's Global Novel ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Bibliography.