Roberto Bolaño's 'Conseils d'un disciple de Morrison à un fanatique de Joyce' Published in French

The French translation of Roberto Bolaño's early novel 'Conseils d'un disciple de Morrison à un fanatique de Joyce', co-written with A.G. Porta, has been published by éditions Bourgois. The novel follows Ángel Ros and Ana, a couple who rob and kill during a summer in Barcelona, blending high and popular culture with references to Joyce and Jim Morrison. Bolaño, a Chilean writer who died in Barcelona in 2003 at age 50, is considered one of Latin America's greatest authors. His work explores the relationship between evil, art, and beauty, often drawing from his own experiences, including his imprisonment after the 1973 Chilean coup d'état led by Pinochet. Key novels like 'Nocturne du Chili', 'Étoile distante', and '2666' examine themes of violence, poetry, and the proximity of beauty to horror. Bolaño's fiction frequently blurs reality and invention, as seen in 'La Littérature nazie en Amérique', which invents biographies of fascist writers. His discovery in France was late (2002), but publications have since accelerated, with a 2006 colloquium and a forthcoming 2010 issue of the journal 'Cyclocosmia' dedicated to his work.