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Distant Star

Distant Star (Spanish: Estrella distante) is a novella by Chilean author Roberto Bolaño, first published in Spanish in 1996. Chris Andrews’s English translation was published by Harvill Press/ New Directions in 2004. The story is based on "The Infamous Ramírez Hoffman", the last chapter of Bolaño's book of imaginary history of Nazi Literature in the…

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Arturo Belano1973 Chilean coup d'étatMesserschmittSkywritingAndes
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Nick CaistorThe GuardianSFGate
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"The Infamous Ramírez Hoffman"

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SpanishRoberto BolañoEnglishHarvill PressNew Directions
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Author
Roberto Bolaño
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Anagrama (Spanish) New Directions (English)
Language
Spanish
Media type
Print (Paperback)
Original title
Estrella distante

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"The Infamous Ramírez Hoffman"

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Distant Star

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Edges19
Triples24
Avg. degree1.9
Density0.1
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Distant Star

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related to "The Infamous Ramírez Hoffman" · 12
Distant Star → Abel Ramirez, Americas, Arturo, As, Bolaño, Bolaño's, In, Nazi Literature, Norberto, Pan-American, The, The Infamous Ramírez Hoffman
Author · 1
Distant Star → Roberto Bolaño
ISBN · 1
Distant Star → .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…
Language · 1
Distant Star → Spanish
Media type · 1
Distant Star → Print (Paperback)
Original title · 1
Distant Star → Estrella distante
Pages · 1
Distant Star → 157
Publication date · 1
Distant Star → 1996
Publication place · 1
Distant Star → Chile
Published in English · 1
Distant Star → 2004

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Distant StarAuthorRoberto Bolaño1.00infobox
Distant StarISBN.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…1.00infobox
Distant StarLanguageSpanish1.00infobox
Distant StarMedia typePrint (Paperback)1.00infobox
Distant StarOriginal titleEstrella distante1.00infobox
Distant StarPages1571.00infobox
Distant StarPublication date19961.00infobox
Distant StarPublication placeChile1.00infobox
Distant StarPublished in English20041.00infobox
Distant StarPublisherAnagrama (Spanish) New Directions (English)1.00infobox
Distant StarTranslatorChris Andrews1.00infobox
Distant Staris aexpansion of the final chapter of Bolaño's later work0.90text

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