The Return

“One of the most respected and influential writers of [his] generation.” —John Banville, The Nation

“A genius . . . Bolaño had the courage to look at the world anew.” —Ilan Stavans, The Washington Post

Composed of thirteen indelible stories, Roberto Bolaño’s The Return is preoccupied with ghosts: troubled souls haunting society’s margins, lovers lost to the ages, young men who no longer recognize themselves in the mirror, fresh corpses afforded no peace, departed poets who visit us in dreams....