first edition 8vo
1996 · Barcelona
by Bolaño, Roberto
Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama, 1996. First edition. 8vo. Publisher’s stiff illustrated paper wraps, french flaps. Light foxing to edges, light creasing and minor edgewear to wraps, occasional marginal ink and pencil marks. Very good. First edition. 8vo. First edition of Roberto Bolaño’s novella, based on the last chapter of his fictional history, Nazi Literature in the Americas. Estrella distante ("Distant Star") centers on a Chilean poet and military pilot who commits atrocities during and after the Pinochet dictatorship in order to advance his own vision of New Chilean Poetry.
(Inventory #: 370832)