Roberto Bolaño's The Spirit of Science Fiction is a story of youth hungry for revolution, notoriety, and sexual adventure, as they work to construct a reality out of the fragments of their dreams.īut as close as these friends are, the city tugs them in opposite directions. Obsessed with poetry, and, above all, with science fiction, they are eager to forge a life in the literary world-or sacrifice themselves to it. Two young poets, Jan and Remo, find themselves adrift in Mexico City. This kaleidoscopic work of strange and tender beauty is a fitting introduction for listeners uninitiated into the thrills of Roberto Bolaño's fiction and an indispensable addition to an ecstatic and transgressive body of work.From a master of contemporary fiction, a tale of bohemian youth on the make in Mexico City Meanwhile, Remo runs headfirst into the future, spending his days and nights with a circle of wild young writers, seeking pleasure in the city's labyrinthine streets, rundown cafés, and murky bathhouses.
Jan withdraws from the world, shutting himself in their shared rooftop apartment where he feverishly composes fan letters to the stars of science fiction and dreams of cosmonauts and Nazis. Roberto Bolaño's The Spirit of Science Fiction is a story of youth hungry for revolution, notoriety, and sexual adventure as they work to construct a reality out of the fragments of their dreams.īut as close as these friends are, the city tugs them in opposite directions.
Obsessed with poetry and above all with science fiction, they are eager to forge a life in the literary world - or sacrifice themselves to it.
From a master of contemporary fiction, a tale of bohemian youth on the make in Mexico City.
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