The Spirit of Science Fiction

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Originally published in Spanish under the title El espíritu de la ciencia-ficción by Alfaguara, Madrid.

Copyright © 2016 by the heirs of Roberto Bolaño

Translation copyright © 2018 by Natasha Wimmer

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Names: Bolano, Roberto, 1953-2003, author. | Wimmer, Natasha, translator.

Title: The spirit of science fiction / Roberto Bolano ; translated by Natasha Wimmer.

Other titles: Espiritu de la ciencia-ficciâon. English

Description: New York : Penguin Press, 2018. | “Originally published in Spanish under the title El espiritu de la ciencia-ficcion by Alfaguara, Madrid.” |

Identifiers: LCCN 2018006213 (print) | LCCN 2018008859 (ebook) | ISBN 9780735222861 (ebook) | ISBN 9780735222854 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781984877918 (export)

Subjects: LCSH: Authorship--Fiction. | Authors, Chilean--Fiction. | Chileans--Mexico--Fiction. | Mexico City (Mexico)--Fiction.

Classification: LCC PQ8098.12.O38 (ebook) | LCC PQ8098.12.O38 E7713 2018 (print) | DDC 863/.64--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018006213

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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