A majestic, visionary and life-spanning collection of poetry from the first great classic writer of the 21stcentury, Roberto Bolano.
Though he reached international literary stardom for his novels, Roberto Bolaño always considered himself, first and foremost, a poet. This volume unites more than three hundred poems, written from his youth to his final years, that probe the animating themes at the core of his oeuvre: literature, politics, exile, love, death. Audacious and unique, this collection reveals Bolaño's full, extraordinary life in verse.
'An epic artistic journey . . . filled with sorrows and joys and discoveries' Los Angeles Times
'Bolaño was a game changer: his field was politics, poetry and melancholia . . . and his writing was always unparalleled' Mariana Enrìquez
| ISBN: | 9781784879372 |
| Publication date: | 20th August 2026 |
| Author: | Roberto Bolaño |
| Publisher: | Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 688 pages |
| Genres: |
Poetry by individual poets Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards) Narrative theme: Love and relationships Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss Narrative theme: Politics Fiction in translation |
A majestic, visionary and life-spanning collection of poetry from the first great classic writer of the 21stcentury, Roberto Bolano.
Though he reached international literary stardom for his novels, Roberto Bolaño always considered himself, first and foremost, a poet. This volume unites more than three hundred poems, written from his youth to his final years, that probe the animating themes at the core of his oeuvre: literature, politics, exile, love, death. Audacious and unique, this collection reveals Bolaño's full, extraordinary life in verse.
'An epic artistic journey . . . filled with sorrows and joys and discoveries' Los Angeles Times
'Bolaño was a game changer: his field was politics, poetry and melancholia . . . and his writing was always unparalleled' Mariana Enrìquez
The Collected Poems of Roberto Bolaño features in the following genres: Poetry by individual poets, Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards), Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Politics, Fiction in translation
The Collected Poems of Roberto Bolaño is available in Hardback
The Collected Poems of Roberto Bolaño was written by Roberto Bolaño and published by Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House
The Collected Poems of Roberto Bolaño has 688 pages
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