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Nazi Literature in the Americas by Roberto Bolaño is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Nazi Literature in the Americas about?
A "biographical dictionary" gathering 30 brief accounts of poets, novelists and editors (all fictional) who espouse fascist or extremely right-wing political views.Nazi Literature in the Americas was the first of Roberto Bolano's books to reach a wide public. When it was published by Seix Barral in 1996, critics in Spain were quick to recognize the arrival of an important new talent. The book presents itself as a biographical dictionary of American writers who flirted with or espoused extreme right-wing ideologies in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It is a tour de force of black humor and imaginary erudition.Nazi Literature in the Americas is composed of short biographies, including descriptions of the writers' works, plus an epilogue ("for Monsters"), which includes even briefer biographies of persons mentioned in passing. All of the writers are imaginary, although they are all carefully and credibly situated in real literary worlds. Ernesto...
Who reads Nazi Literature in the Americas?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Roberto Bolaño
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Short Stories, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.86 / 5 (114 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14