Overview: Roberto BolaΓ±o (1953-2003) was born in Santiago, Chile. At fifteen, he moved with his family to Mexico and there became a Trotskyite and a journalist. In 1973, he returned to Chile and enlisted in Allendeβs party but was imprisoned for a week after the military coup. He then went to El Sal
The Skating Rink
β Scribed by Bolano, Roberto
- Book ID
- 107573872
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 671 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780811220590
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