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Wimmer, natasha, bolano, roberto an american sportswriter, an elusive german novelist, and a teenage student interact in an urban community on the u. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Buy distant star translated from spanish by bolano, roberto, andrews, chris isbn. The first englishlanguage volume on the chilean author, essays address such topics as borgess influence, social memory, allegory, and neoliberalism and discuss works like 2666, the savage detectives, and distant star.
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