By Night in Chile

Roberto Bolaño
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During the course of a single night, Father Sebastian Urrutia Lacroix, a Chilean priest, who is a member of Opus Dei, a literary critic and a mediocre poet, relives some of the crucial events of his life. He believes he is dying and in his feverish delirium various characters, both real and imaginary, appear to him as icy monsters.
Genres: FictionLatin AmericanLiteratureNovelsSpanish LiteratureHistorical FictionLatin American LiteratureLiterary FictionContemporary21st Century
118 Pages

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