Copyright

Copyright © 2000 by Roberto Bolaño and Editorial Anagrama

Translation copyright © 2003 by Chris Andrews

Originally published by Editorial Anagrama as Nocturno de Chile in 2000. Published by arrangement with the Harvill Press, London

All rights reserved. Except for brief passages quoted in a newspaper, magazine, radio, television, or website review, no part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher.

Manufactured in the United States of America

First published as a New Directions Paperbook (NDP975) in 2003.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bolaño, Roberto.

[Nocturno de Chile. English]

By night in Chile / by Roberto Bolaño ; translated by Chris Andrews.

p. cm.

eISBN 978-0-8112-2051-4

1. Chile — History — 1973–1988 — Fiction. I. Andrews, Chris. II. Title.

PQ8098.412.O43n6313 2003

2003013223

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