El espiritu de la ciencia-ficcion / The Spirit of Science Fiction
Roberto Bolano
El espiritu de la ciencia-ficcion / The Spirit of Science Fiction
Roberto Bolano
Era una escena ideal: un joven de un metro setenta y seis, con jeans y camiseta azul, detenido bajo el sol en el bordillo de la avenida mas larga de America .
El espiritu de la ciencia-ficcion transcurre en Mexico DF durante los anos setenta y narra la vida de dos escritores jovenes. Mientras Remo Moran busca la manera de subsistir sin abandonar su sueno, Jan Schrella vive confinado en la buhardilla que ambos comparten, desde donde envia cartas delirantes a sus escritores de ciencia-ficcion favoritos. En la ciudad y en sus vidas todo lo importante parece suceder en ese momento magico y efimero que separa la noche del dia, en ese filo en el que el amor puede tornarse desamor y toda obsesion puede ser el germen de un futuro exito.
Bolano escribio esta novela a comienzos de la decada de los ochenta y, como ocurrio con gran parte de su obra, volvio sobre ella durante mucho tiempo. Aqui se encuentra ya la esencia del fascinante universo literario del autor. El mejor Bolano, el que escribe apasionadamente sobre temas como la busqueda, la literatura, el amor, la juventud, la amistad, el humor y la rebeldia esta ya en este libro.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
From a master of contemporary fiction, a tale of bohemian youth on the make in Mexico City. Two young poets, Jan and Remo, find themselves adrift in Mexico City. 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. Roberto Bolano’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. But as close as these friends are, the city tugs them in opposite directions. 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. 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 cafes, and murky bathhouses.
This kaleidoscopic work of strange and tender beauty is a fitting introduction for readers uninitiated into the thrills of Roberto Bolano’s fiction, and an indispensable addition to an ecstatic and transgressive body of work.
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