The Spirit of Science Fiction (discounted) - Roberto Bolano

The Spirit of Science Fiction by Roberto Bolaño / 208-page hardcover from Penguin / ISBN 9780735222854 / All the "discounted books" I'm selling are new/unread, but usually show some age or shelf wear. These copies are very clean but but have a remainder dot. *** 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 Bolaño'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 an