WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CHRIS POWER -A master of the short form- IndependentWide-ranging, suggestive, and ever-daring, Roberto Bola-o's short stories map out the dark terrain that he would go on to explore in his novellas and epic novels. From melancholic portraits of exile and its folklore to a rogue-s gallery of desperate characters futilely attempting to unearth the animating secrets of the world, each of Bola-o-s short fictions adds yet another door, a window, a secret passage onto the sinister, eerie universe that Bola-o brought to life across his body of work. Bringing together Last Evenings on Earth, The Return and The Insufferable Gaucho, as well as Bola-o-s posthumously published stories, this new book marks the first time these fictions have been collected in one edition, allowing for a major reappraisal of the vital place that the short story commands for Bola-o-s literary legacy. -Roberto Bola-o was a flat-out genius, one of the greatest writers of our time- Paul Auster-Rob
