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Set in the seaside town of Z, north of Barcelona, The Skating Rink is told in short, suspenseful chapters by three male narrators, and revolves around a beautiful figure skating champion, Nuria Martí. A ruined mansion, knife-wielding women, political corruption, sex, and jealousy all appear in this atmospheric chronicle of a single summer season in a seaside town, with its vacationers, businessmen, immigrants, bureaucrats, social workers, and drifters.
“Exquisite ... another unlikely masterpiece, as sui generis as all his books so far. The Skating Rink manages to honor genre conventions while simultaneously exploding them, creating a work of intense and unrealized longing.” -Wyatt Mason, The New York Times Book Review
“This is pure Bolaño.” -The Texas Observer
“Exquisite ... another unlikely masterpiece, as sui generis as all his books so far. The Skating Rink manages to honor genre conventions while simultaneously exploding them, creating a work of intense and unrealized longing.” -Wyatt Mason, The New York Times Book Review
“This is pure Bolaño.” -The Texas Observer
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| Author | Roberto Bolano / Chris Andrews (translator) |
|---|---|
| Publisher | New Directions Paperback |
| Page Count | 182pp |
| Publication Size | 5.25 x 8 |
| Publication Notes | trade paperback |
| Publication Date | February 2011 |
| ISBN | 978-0-8112-1868-9 |
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