{"product_id":"the-insufferable-gaucho","title":"Insufferable Gaucho","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn aging judge retires from Buenos Aires to the family ranch in the Pampas to battle feral rabbits and reclaim the dignity of the gaucho life. An obscure Argentinian writer journeys to Paris to face down the filmmaker who has made a career out of plagiarizing his novels. An intrepid detective investigates a series of grisly murders―among his fellow sewer rats. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRiffing on Borges and Kafka, yet utterly and inimitably Roberto Bolaño, these stories testify to his mastery of the short form. Rounding out the collection are two of his most provocative and piercing essays, “Literature + Illness = Illness” and “The Myths of Cthulhu,” each crackling with his signature black humor and incomparable powers of perception and critique. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Insufferable Gaucho is an essential part of the Bolaño oeuvre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Reading Roberto Bolaño is like . . . watching the tracks of art and life merge at the horizon and linger there like a dream from which we awake inspired to look more attentively at the world.” ―Francine Prose, The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“We savor all he has written, as every offering is a portal into the elaborate terrain of his genius.” ―Patti Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Roberto Bolano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslator:\u003c\/strong\u003e Chris Andrews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Picador\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePage Count:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176pp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.5 x 8.25\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotes:\u003c\/strong\u003e paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 7, 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1250898203\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47623728464128,"sku":"9781250898203","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0053\/3902\/files\/insuffgaucho.jpg?v=1769200235","url":"https:\/\/atomicbooks.com\/products\/the-insufferable-gaucho","provider":"Atomic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}