Putas Asesinas

By Roberto Bolaño

Book Overview

"Ahora no hay tiempo para aburrirse, la felicidad desapareci en alg n lugar de la tierra y solo queda el asombro".

En esta frase, pronunciada por el protagonista de uno de los relatos incluidos en Putas asesinas, reside la esencia que atraviesa todo el libro. En l, Roberto Bola o trata algunos de los temas que conforman su universo literario y que est n, por tanto, entretejidos en los argumentos de sus obras m s emblem ticas: la sexualidad; las vidas de seres comunes --como el propio autor o como sus lectores--, a medio camino entre lo extraordinario y lo cotidiano, entre la rebeld a y la vulnerabilidad; el poder subversivo de la literatura; el viaje como huida; la necesidad de develar lo incierto; la juventud; la violencia, y la lucha del desarraigado por encontrar un espacio propio en un lugar ajeno.

Putas asesinas es el ltimo libro de cuentos publicado en vida de Roberto Bola o. Escritos con el estilo inconfundible que caracteriza al autor chileno, en ellos se mezcla la desolaci n y el humor, el lirismo y la autobiograf a, la ruptura con la tradici n y el homenaje a los maestros. El mejor Bola o, el que en 2001 ya se hab a consagrado como uno de los escritores en espa ol m s importantes del siglo XX, est presente en cada p gina.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

In this book, Roberto Bola o, consecrated as one of the most important writers in Spanish of the 20th century, deals with some of the themes that make up his literary universe and that are knitted in the subject matters of his most emblematic works: sexuality; the lives of ordinary people; somewhere in the middle between rebellion and vulnerability; the subversive power of literature; the trip as an escape; the need to reveal the uncertain; youth; violence; and the struggle of the uprooted to find their own space in a foreign place.

Murdering Whores is the last book of short stories published by Roberto Bola o before his death. Written with the unmistakable style that characterizes the Chilean author, he combines misery and humor, lyricism and autobiography, a break with tradition, and a tribute to teachers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 0525435476
• ISBN13: 9780525435471
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Vintage Espanol
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Putas asesinas

I had read many professional reviews regards this author and his works and nearly all have been favorable. I was not disappointed.

beautiful stories with a misleading title

This collection of 13 stories by Roberto Bolano is misleadingly titled and I presume because of its offensive title most would think this is a pornographic book. The book's cover doesn't help much either. You will be surprised then, when the book turns out to be a delightful collection of interesting, humorous stories, likely to become a classic of Spanish fiction. The "x-rated" title is taken from one of the stories in this collection, a beautiful, lyric, impressionist tale.(No, prurience there.) He also tells stories about failed and successful artists, vacationing filial couples, with a strong taste for iguana meat (You will have to figure that one yourselves), a woman who teaches in a rural governmental poetry school and satisfies her artistic needs listening to a Mexican Rancheras radio station. (If you wonder what these type of music is, think of a mariachi singing solo, heart-crushing songs in loud tenor (alto)voice--(not poetic--not much.). And he writes of displaced Chileans with personal and ingenious political ideologies, one of which suffers from "bibliographic dementia" and confuses Marx with Che Guevara,also of a self-anointed politician who radiates moonlight, and of "Buba" the magnificent, enchanted African soccer player, and more. I would be remiss if I didn't tell about a story which gives 69 reasons not to dance with Pablo Neruda (Chilean Nobel Laureate poet). Hope you will agree, this is a classic creation. Enjoy!